16th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 42 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110093355 | BUYER-DRIVEN PURCHASING LOYALTY SYSTEM AND METHOD USING AN ELECTRONIC NETWORK - Disclosed is a method and system for effectuating a buyer-driven and buyer-executed commerce system. The system allows prospective buyers and sellers of goods and services to anonymously exchange conditional Requests For Bids and Conditional Sales Offers based on the buyer's guaranteed ‘purchasing loyalty’ for a self-defined minimum quantity of goods or services, and/or quality of goods of services and/or the length of time or price to which the buyer would agree to be bound or any combination of those condition's. That buyer guarantee permits a seller to easily pre-determine their offers based on the calculated value of ‘capturing’ that buyer's ‘guaranteed purchasing loyalty’. In a preferred embodiment, the method and system of the present invention includes a controller which receives Requests For Bids from prospective buyers and also receives, stores and displays to prospective buyers, bindable sales proposals from a multitude of prospective sellers. Potential buyers are therefore protected from bidding too much and being bound by the bid before having an opportunity to see what the marketplace has to offer. Further, because only the buyer is permitted to bind a seller, the buyer may submit an RFB more than once, changing any or all of the condition's to which he would agree to be bound in order to explore multiple offers from sellers and to better understand how changing one or more of the conditions affects the offers from the sellers. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093356 | COST ESTIMATION SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND USER INTERFACES FOR CONFIGURABLE ELECTRICAL PANELS - Computer implemented systems, methods and user interfaces facilitate a nearly instantaneous ability to provide detailed cost estimate information and price quotes for complex and highly configurable products tailored to meet user defined specifications such as electrical control panels for electrical power systems. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093357 | SELECTING WINDOW COVERINGS - A solution for improving generally the selecting of window coverings, and more specifically, a method, system, and program product for selecting window coverings is provided. A method may include receiving at least one window attribute of a structure; obtaining a plurality of information via an electronic medium; and presenting at least one window covering option via the electronic medium, wherein the option is based on the at least one window attribute and the plurality of information. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093358 | PRODUCT RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON COLLABORATIVE FILTERING OF USER DATA - A system gathers user behavior data from a group of web retailers and/or non-web retailers, analyzes the user behavior data to identify product recommendations for products offered by the web retailers, and provides one of the identified product recommendations in connection with a product page associated with one of the web retailers. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093359 | Method for Processing Telephone Orders - A method for completing an order from a free-form input from a customer, such as by phone, SMS, IM or e-mail. The customer input has discrete components. The individually recognized components are compared to a list of predefined elements, and each possible predefined element present in the order is recognized and then put into a possible order. If all of the components necessary for a complete order are present in the input, either by being recognized or inferred, an order is established and complete. The completed order is passed on to the next stage in the process, whether it is shipping or assembling for satisfying the order. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093360 | Automated Gifting - Systems and methods provide a facility for automated gifting. The facility receives from a gifter an identification of a gift recipient, an indication of an occasion, and selection criteria. The facility automatically selects a proposed gift for the indicated occasion based on at least the received selection criteria and, in the absence of further direction from the gifter, sends the gift to the recipient. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093361 | Method and System for Online Shopping and Searching For Groups Of Items - An online shopping system and system for searching groups of items is provided which allows the simultaneous purchase of multiple items from multiple shopping websites in one checkout step, allows the tagging of inventory to create searchable, dynamic and remixable, simultaneous multivariately grouped items, allows the aggregation and processing of user browsing behavior to allow the system to make targeted, user-specific recommendations, allows the interfacing of online shopping with social networking and social media. The system also allows users create online “Social Shops” delivering incentivized peer-to-peer shopping and recommendations. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093362 | ELECTRONIC MEDIA SYSTEM - An Electronic Media System is disclosed herein. The system preferably comprises a terminal, stored electronic data and an accessory unit. The terminal is located in a public location and includes stored electronic data such as downloadable historic and current electronic newspapers and magazines or movies which may be purchased via a slidable magnetic payment means and which may be connectably uploaded to the accessory unit. The hand held accessory unit is purchasable by users and may be used to store and display the downloaded data. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093363 | SYSTEM FOR ORDERING ITEMS BY A USER IN A LIMITED VENUE - The present invention is directed to a system, a gate hold area and methods for a user to order an item in a limited venue for delivery to the limited venue using a kiosk having a computer and ordering software in communication via a network to a transaction server. The orders are prepared in an order preparation area and delivered to the limited venue area. The limited venue may be a gate hold area and a media server for providing real time information relevant to the venue may also be provided herein. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093364 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PRODUCTS FOR PHARMACEUTICAL SAMPLES MANAGEMENT - A system for pharmaceutical samples management is provided, the system including: (1) an allocation module adapted to allow a user to create allocation models for pharmaceutical samples, wherein an allocation model specifies quantities of pharmaceutical samples that are allocated amongst a sales team for specified time periods; (2) an order module adapted to allow the user to order pharmaceutical samples based on an allocation model; (3) a transaction module adapted to allow the user to monitor a transaction in the system; (4) a reconciliation module adapted to allow the user to perform samples inventory reconciliation; (5) a reports module adapted to allow the user to obtain reports regarding the system; (6) an analytics module adapted to allow the user to obtain analytical information regarding the system; (7) a dashboard module adapted to allow the user to display data regarding the system; and (8) an alerts module adapted to provide alert information regarding the system. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093365 | System and Process for Monitoring, Control and Withdrawal of Consumable Items in a Production Environment - The invention refers to a system and a process for the measure and collection of consumables consumption and performance data to build a reliable, real-time database and to monitor the consumption and performance of a consumable tool through its life cycle. A system according to the invention comprises a) first storage means to store data concerning the consumables; b) means to capture the performance data; c) second storage means to store performance data during operation of the consumable when is mounted on a machine; d) means to transfer in real-time the performance data to the said second storage means; e) process means to assess the performance of the tool and on the basis of the said assessment to instruct or not the withdrawal of the tool; and output means to deliver the said instruction to a user of the system. A process according to the invention, comprises the following steps: a) capture performance data during operation of the tool when the tool is mounted on a machine; b) transfer in real | 2011-04-21 |
20110093366 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGEMENT OF SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS - Methods and apparatus for flexible management of applications provided by one or more application service providers and accessible to one or more client devices such as multi-function devices (e.g., MFPs). A management system registers new applications by recording in a database application information provided by the application service provider. Client devices may then request a menu of all available applications and may subscribe to one or more provided applications by interaction with the management system by transmitting subscription information to the management system. The management system then receives usage information from the service provider for usage of a subscribed application by the client device. The management system records the usage information and may produce reports upon request from the recorded usage information. The application information may include pricing model information such that the management system may provide accounting reports for accumulated usage and related charges therefore. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093367 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT FOR CENTRALIZED ACCOUNT PROVISIONING - Method, apparatus, and computer products are provided for centralized account provisioning by an automated provisioning manager on a device. A logins application of a device is logged into. A request queue is accessed of the device. A ticket to provision is selected from the request queue of the device. Cells of the ticket are parsed to obtain details of a request on the ticket of the device. In response to obtaining details of the request, servers or applications are connected to in order to gather further data corresponding to the details. A corresponding function is called based on a request type of the details of the device, and the corresponding function is configured to the request of the request type. The account is provisioned by utilizing the corresponding function on the device. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093368 | AUTOMATED BILLING AND DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM FOR APPLICATION PROVIDERS - Integrating a network-enabled application with a platform having a plurality of users and a plurality of communication channels with a respective plurality of wireless network carriers, including receiving a request from a third-party provider to integrate a network-enabled application with the platform, receiving a set of registration data corresponding to the network-enabled application from the third-party provider, the set of registration data including a link to an application location for accessing the network-enabled application, receiving a set of pricing structure data corresponding to the network-enabled application from the third-party provider, updating a system database in the platform to include the set of registration data and the pricing structure data corresponding to the network-enabled application, and enabling the network-enabled application to be accessible to the plurality of users via a networked interface operated by the platform. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093369 | Telephone minutes kiosk system - A method of conducting business with a telephone subscriber, the method including the steps of forming a subscriber account containing value corresponding to telephone minutes. Value is added to the subscriber account by the presentation of funds in the form of currency value; acceptance of the presented funds; conversion of the currency value of the presented funds to corresponding value in telephone minutes; and depositing the corresponding value in telephone minutes into the telephone subscriber account. Services are provided to the subscriber, and telephone minutes are correspondingly debited from the subscriber account in response to the furnishing of services or products to the subscriber. Air time minutes are added (or credited) to the mobile telephone account of a mobile telephone subscriber with a predetermined telecommunicates carrier, which could be the administrator of a kiosk. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093370 | Reading, Organizing and Manipulating Accounting Data - A financial reporting system for reading, organizing and manipulating any accounting data and producing financial reports that may be customized to the preferences of the user. In one embodiment there is an organizational data structure for accounting data, including a trial balance data structure having a plurality of trial balance data structure elements containing accounts of the accounting data, wherein the trial balance data structure elements are linked by a distinct doubly linked list of trial balance data structure elements pointers, further comprising sub-lists of trial balance data structure elements pointers to group the accounts of the accounting data into financial statement items. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093371 | TOKEN LICENSING MAPPING COSTS TO ENABLED SOFTWARE TOOL FEATURES - A request to activate a software tool can be received, where activation requires a quantity of tokens of a token license model. An entity, project, user-set, user, or combination thereof corresponding to the request can be ascertained. A feature-set to be enabled can be determined by querying preexisting indexed records. The preexisting indexed records can associate different feature-sets to different entities, projects, user-sets, users, or combinations thereof. A token cost can be computed for activating the software tool with the feature-set enabled for the request. Token costs for utilizing the software tool can vary depending upon the enabled feature-set. The computed token cost can be the quantity of tokens required to activate the software tool responsive to the request. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093372 | APPLICATION POD INTEGRATION WITH AUTOMATED MOBILE PHONE BILLING AND DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM - A platform for supporting a network-enabled application is configured to render the network enabled application for a user, via a user interface associated with the user, in accordance with various APIs included in the platform and used by a program developer to develop the network-enabled application. The rendering can included recognizing that the user interface is a mobile user interface and rendering the network-enabled application in a manner appropriate and/or optimal for the mobile user interface. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093373 | System and Method for Chart Pattern Recognition and Analysis in an Electronic Trading Environment - A system and method are provided for chart pattern recognition and analysis. In one embodiment, a graphical interface is provided to enable a trader to select a portion of a chart to be used in the chart pattern analysis. The pattern of the selected portion of the chart could then be used to find one or more similar chart patterns in a user-defined timeframe, such as any future time period or a time period in the past. When a reoccurring chart pattern is found in any future time period, an alert signal can be generated to alert a user of a possibility of the chart pattern reoccurrence. Alternatively, chart pattern matches can be found in a time period in the past, and a set of studies can be applied to the found matches to generate a set of reoccurring indicator values. The reoccurring indicator values can be used in combination with the chart pattern to detect any similar chart patterns in the future. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093374 | Systems and Methods of an Interface for use in Electronic Trading - Various systems and methods for presenting and interacting with electronic trading related information on a display screen of a computer system are provided. According to one or more embodiments, buttons are positioned and compressed along an axis, where each button corresponds to a function. A button can be selected through an action of a user input device. A button is removed from the region when a function corresponding to the button is no longer current and when the cursor is not positioned within the region. The remaining buttons, if any, in the region are compressed subsequent to removing the button from the region. A button is not removed from the region when the cursor is positioned within the region. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093375 | System and method for supporting a bidding procedure in an electronic network - A system for implementing an information distribution network includes an information service that is configured to provide information distribution services through the information distribution network. User devices are utilized by device users to communicate with the information service for receiving the information distribution services. Transport structures are implemented for communicating with various network entities in the information distribution network. The transport structures collect appropriate metadata for providing selected information from the information service to targeted ones of the device users. A bid marketplace is provided for advertisers to utilize for participating in a bidding procedure for obtaining acquisition rights to the metadata. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093376 | Combinatorial portfolio aggregations electronic trade - A method for combinatorial portfolio aggregations in electronic trade transactions , in one example embodiment, comprises receiving data associated with an offer for possession of at least one part of an item for a period of time, receiving further data associated with at least one further offer for possession of the at least one part of the item for at least one further period of time, the time period and the at least one further period of time being non-concurrent, selectively aggregating the offer with the at least one further offer into a portfolio offer for the at least one part of the item, and based on predetermined criteria, determining that the portfolio offer is a winning portfolio offer. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093377 | Systems and Computer Program Products for Exchanging an Obligation - Methods and apparatus which deal with the management of risk relating to specified, yet unknown, future events are disclosed. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093378 | User-Defined Algorithm Electronic Trading - Certain embodiments reduce the risks of traditionally programmed algorithms such as syntax errors, unclear logic, and the need for a non-trader programmer to develop the algorithm as specified by a trader by reducing or eliminating the writing of programming code by a user. Certain embodiments provide building block buttons and an algorithm area to define an algorithm. Certain embodiments provide live evaluation of an expression as the algorithm is being defined. Certain embodiments provide a design canvas area and blocks for designing an algorithm. Certain embodiments provide live feedback for blocks as the algorithm is being designed. Certain embodiments provide for initiating placement of an order to be managed by a selected user-defined trading algorithm from a value axis and for displaying working orders being managed by different user-defined trading algorithms on the value axis. Certain embodiments provide a ranking tool. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093379 | Virtualizing for User-Defined Algorithm Electronic Trading - Certain embodiments reduce the risks of traditionally programmed algorithms such as syntax errors, unclear logic, and the need for a non-trader programmer to develop the algorithm as specified by a trader by reducing or eliminating the writing of programming code by a user. Certain embodiments provide a design canvas area and blocks for designing an algorithm. Certain embodiments provide for grouping blocks placed in the design canvas area. Certain embodiments provide for virtualized group blocks enabling dynamic instantiation of portions of an algorithm to handle particular discrete events. Certain embodiments provide for operation of some or all portions of an algorithm when a connection between a client device and an algorithm server is broken. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093380 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING HIGH PROBABILITY TRADE MATCHES - Methods and Systems for routing an indication of interest message are provided in which one or more external trade messaging systems are monitored to discover and collect information related to a trading posture of a plurality of trading counterparties. The information related to the trading posture of the plurality of trading counterparties is stored in a database and accessed, upon receipt of an indication of interest message to intelligently route the indication of interest message to at least one of the plurality of trading counterparties based at least in part on the information regarding the trading posture of the plurality of trading counterparties stored in the database. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093381 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MARKET UPDATES IN AN ELECTRONIC TRADING ENVIRONMENT - A system and method are provided for modifying how market updates are provided in an electronic trading environment upon detecting one or more triggering events. One example method includes defining an event to be used to trigger modification of how market updates are provided to a client entity, receiving a market update from an electronic exchange, and, when the event is detected, modifying how the market update is provided to the client entity. As an example, the modification of how the market update is provided to the client entity may include providing less data in relation to market updates, and sending the market updates less frequently. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093382 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FUNDING A PREPAID CARD ACCOUNT WITH A LOAN - Systems and methods for funding a prepaid card account with a loan are disclosed. One embodiment includes, receiving, by an account manager at a host server, a request from a customer to fund the prepaid card account through obtaining a loan from a lender, comparing user data of the customer to a set of metrics to determine whether the customer meets qualifications for funding the prepaid card account through the loan, comparing user data of the customer to a set of metrics to determine whether the customer meets qualifications for funding the prepaid card account through the loan, presenting the terms of the loan to the user via the user device, and/or funding, by the account manager, the prepaid card account using the loan, responsive to the customer accepting the terms of the loan. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093383 | CONSUMER BEHAVIORS AT LENDER LEVEL - The present disclosure generally relates to financial data processing, and in particular it relates to lender credit scoring, lender profiling, lender behavior analysis and modeling. More specifically, it relates to rating lenders based on data derived from their respective consumers. Also, the present disclosure relates to rating consumer lenders based on the predicted spend capacity of their consumers. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093384 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING ATTRIBUTE DATA PERTAINING TO FINANCIAL ASSETS IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A processing system for modifying attributes of a plurality of loans is described. The processing system includes an attribute change processor for receiving and implementing a proposed change to an attribute of at least one of the plurality of loans and a loan pricing processor for generating a pricing value associated with the proposed change to the attribute of the at least one loan. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093385 | Customer Identification of Transactions and Financial Transaction Record Matching - Financial institutions often process transactions on behalf of customers. The processing of these transactions may include the specification of a customer-specific identifier so that a customer receiving a record of the transaction is able to identify the transaction. For example, the customer-specific identifier may include a store number to help the customer identify a store from which the transaction originated. If the customer-specific identifier is not entered by the financial institution, a transaction case builder system may prompt a user for the identifier before the system will enter the transaction case data into a transaction processing system. The system may also transmit a pre-notification message to the customer alerting the customer to the transaction that is being processed. Furthermore, transaction processing may include matching transaction records and transaction advices regardless of whether the record and matching advice are received on the same day. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093386 | TRANSACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Described is an automated transaction processing system and method, including at least one bank account record and associations between the record and at least a first account identifier and a second account identifier for the account, the system and method comprising a transaction processor, to process received transaction requests identifying the account on the basis of first criteria, if the transaction request identifies the account using the first identifier, or second, different criteria, if the transaction request identifies the account using the second identifier. The system and method can provide increased security in financial transactions by employing different criteria according to whether or not transactions are permitted, based on the form of the account identifier. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093387 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NON-CREDIT CARD BILLERS TO ACCEPT CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS - One embodiment of the invention is directed to a method comprising, receiving a payment request message that includes information related to a user and a biller, determining whether the user is enrolled in a bill pay program, and if the user is enrolled in the bill pay program, modifying the payment request message according to user preferences if the user preferences are different than the information in the payment request message. The method further comprises, receiving a payment response message, and generating, using a server computer, transaction information based on the payment response message and biller information, wherein the transaction information is combined with existing reporting and billing process information for the biller. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093388 | METHOD FOR MANAGING BUYER TRANSACTIONS AND SETTLEMENTS USING COMMUNICATION NETWORK BETWEEN COMPUTERS, AND METHOD FOR RELAYING INFORMATION FOLLOWING BUYER CONSUMPTION TRENDS TO THE BUYER - It is an object of the present invention to enable a buyer to collectively manage information related to a variety of commercial transactions performed by the buyer as well as to the settlements for these transactions. The calendar server | 2011-04-21 |
20110093389 | System and method for a private and secure financial transaction system using an ATM - A financial transaction system between a customer and a financial institution that facilitates use of a mobile wireless device at an ATM in lieu of an ATM card provides for a central system, a portable wireless device of the customer, an automated teller machine (ATM), an ATM identification on an ATM identification tag. The portable wireless device has an interface that is able to read the ATM identification. The central system, the portable wireless device, and the ATM communicate on a global computer network and the portable wireless device is used to conduct a financial transaction with the ATM in lieu of a bankcard of the financial institution. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093390 | Apparatus and Method for Aggregating and Accessing Data According to User Information - An apparatus and method for aggregating and accessing data according to user information are provided. According to one aspect, an interface device for providing data between a first device and a second device comprises an input, an output, logic, and a repository for storing personal data and data associated with one or more users. The input of the interface device receives data in a first format from the first device. The logic receives a data request, identifies a second device for receiving the data, identifies a second format for the second device, and translates the data to the second format. The translated data is then transmitted to the second device via the output. The logic may further collect, aggregate, and transmit the aggregated data to a requesting device. The input may be a product identification input device. The second device may be billed for the data services. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093391 | System and method for a private and secure merchant payment system using a mobile wireless device - A secure payment system between a customer and a merchant uses a wireless device of the customer that receives a partial payment authorization, record from a sales terminal of the merchant to include at least a merchant terminal identification and a payment amount to facilitate payment transaction via a customer portable wireless device from the customer to the merchant. The device has a receive sensor to receive the partial transaction record from the sales terminal and a function that activates a payment transaction function in the device. The payment function, on being activated, creates an encrypted payment data record including at least the merchant terminal identification, the payment amount, a personal code and the device identification code and transfers it over the global network to a central system. The device and the sales terminal receive from the central system a notification of the payment approval record. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093392 | NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS AND SYSTEMS AND PROCESSING SAME - There is provided a check with additional data capture capability that in conjunction with a linked transaction card provides substantially complete coverage for card holders to conduct transactions with merchants for the payment of goods and services. The additional data capture capability enabling generation of a card statement with detailed information regarding purchases and expenditures of both check transactions and card transactions to thereby permit a card holder to accurately track, monitor, describe, and reconcile all transactions in a statement period. The check comprises first and second data entry location for identification and descriptive information about a financial transaction, account holder name adjacent to a drawer signature field and check limit adjacent to a written check amount field, as well as other check information and entry fields, including routing, account and check reference number, date, payee designation, numeric check amount and account holder and financial institution information. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093393 | Method and System for Obtaining Feedback for a Product - The embodiments disclosed herein include new, more efficient ways to request, create, send, and receive product reviews from the Internet. One aspect of the invention is an email message for a customer. The email message includes a request to review a product obtained by the customer in a transaction; a rating input area and/or a text input area; an authentication token that includes a transaction identifier corresponding to the transaction; and an HTTP form submission command to send a response to the request from the customer to a remote computer. The response includes a rating entered in the rating input area and/or text entered in the text input area, and the authentication token. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093394 | MULTIPLE CUSTOMER AND MULTIPLE LOCATION PC SERVICE PROVIDER SYSTEM - The present invention contemplates a system whereby a service provider can service a large number of customers (millions) and connect them to their rented PC from millions of locations around the world. Many customers (10 to 100 thousand) can be connected simultaneously. The service provider is responsible for maintaining the latest PC Hardware and Software configurations available on the market instead of the customer. The rented PC operates in essentially the same manner as if one purchased and maintained their PC at home or office. Access to the individuals rented PC can be obtained from any existing PC, office network computer, a Web TV computer or other customer interface computer which has been authorized by the service provider. The current invention will greatly improve existing Client/Server systems being used to service large global offices. However, the greatest improvement is to make the PC much more convenient and easier for the individual to use in the future and shift the PC hardware and software update burden to the service provider. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093395 | PORTABLE PROMOTIONAL CONTENT AND INTERFACE APPARATUS - A portable promotional content and interface apparatus ( | 2011-04-21 |
20110093396 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLEXIBLE METERING AND PAYMENT FOR POWER USAGE - According to some embodiments, a power meter comprises an interface for a connection between a power outlet and a motor vehicle battery. A power measuring circuit may be coupled to the interface. A processor may be coupled to the power measuring circuit. The motor vehicle battery is installed in a motor vehicle. The power meter may be configured for installation in the motor vehicle. Furthermore, a computer-readable medium may be in communication with the processor and may store program instructions. The processor may be operative with the program instructions to receive identification information associated with the power outlet, record a measurement of an amount of electricity received by the motor vehicle battery from the power outlet during a charging transaction, and generate a receipt associated with the charging transaction. The identification information identifies an owner of the power outlet. The receipt may be for facilitating compensation to the owner of the power outlet for the charging transaction and the receipt may include information for identifying the owner of the power outlet. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093397 | ANTI-PHISHING SYSTEM AND METHOD INCLUDING LIST WITH USER DATA - A server computer is disclosed. It comprises a processor and a computer readable medium coupled to the processor. The computer readable medium comprises code executable by the processor for implementing a method comprising: (i) receiving a request to conduct a transaction, (ii) providing a user interface to a user in response to the request, wherein the user interface includes a list of candidate identification tokens, wherein the list of candidate identification tokens includes an authentic identification token and one or more non-authentic identification tokens, wherein the authentic identification token is associated with a user account. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093398 | System and method for a private and secure payment system between two parties using a central system - A private and secure payment system has a portable wireless device belonging to party A with a payment function and a central system that is used to effect a private and secure payment transaction to a party B. At time of payment transaction from party A to party B, a party B identification and a payment amount is entered into the wireless device, a data record including at-least the party B's identification, the payment amount and the wireless device identification is transferred over the global network to the central system. The central system assembles payment transaction records from the party A pre-stored bank account data, to a central system bank and from the central system bank to a party B's bank account identification for submission to an automated clearing house and receives a payment approval record and sends a notification to the party A and party B's e-mail addresses. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093399 | Saloot's online enhanced reciprocation service - Saloot at its core is a money transferring service designed specifically around online voluntary micro payments, aka donations, tips, and other forms of reciprocation. It allows a web browser give amounts as small as a penny towards content they appreciate. Inherent to a voluntary payment is a power by the giver to choose when to give. Saloot.com utilizes this fact to tally these tips rather than attempt transactions at the time of each tip, which eliminates overbearing transaction charge issues for micro payments. Also with the transaction being delayed for a later date these pending tallies can be adjusted up or down, creating a certain impermanence which makes it safe to tip with-out filling in passwords or log-ins at each instance. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093400 | PRODUCT RECALL INFORMATION EXCHANGE PLATFORM - A method, apparatus, and system are disclosed that provide a tiered recall notification service via an information exchange platform. A user may register with the information exchange platform and may identify one or more consignees and consignors. A governmental or administrative authority may also be registered with the information exchange platform. One or more parties may generate a recall notification request in relation to a product. The recall notification request may be distributed to one or more of the parties. Progress reports may be generated to track the status of the recall until the recall matter has terminated or closed. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093401 | RECALL EXCHANGE PLATFORM - A method, apparatus, and system are disclosed that provide a tiered recall notification service via an information exchange platform. A user may register with the information exchange platform and may identify one or more consignees and consignors. A governmental or administrative authority may also be registered with the information exchange platform. One or more parties may generate a recall notification request in relation to a product. The recall notification request may be distributed to one or more of the parties. Progress reports may be generated to track the status of the recall until the recall matter has terminated or closed. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093402 | ENSURING ACCEPTABILITY OF SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENTS OR LEGAL AGREEMENTS - Techniques for ensuring acceptability of legal agreements entered into as part of a computer-facilitated workflow, e.g., for accepting a license agreement while installing software on a computer system owned by an organization. If the license has an approved status in an agreements database, the user can accept the license agreement during the software install process. If the license has a disapproved status in the agreements database, the user then rejects the license agreement during the software install process (or an install mechanism may simply aborts installation of the software). The process for other computer-facilitated workflows is similar. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093403 | Document Validation System and Method - The present invention relates generally to the field of self-validating documents in supply chain management, documentation services and method for creating the same. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093404 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN DATA SUBSCRIBERS AND USERS SHARING A HEALTH CONDITION - A system is disclosed that enables peer-to-peer interactions between individual users sharing an interest in a health condition. The system provides the service in return for the user providing the system with data relating to lifestyle and health of the user, including those relating to diet, exercise, use of diagnostic and drug delivery devices, medication frequency and compliance with the medication regimen. The health profile data is used to generate parameters including a level of expertise of a user and a quality indicator for the data provided by the user. The database containing health profile data is accessible to a subscriber who queries the data anonymously to retrieve information. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093405 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SWAPPING OF TANGIBLE ITEMS - Systems and methods are provided for displaying geographical information regarding where a member shipped a tangible item to and received a tangible item from. A web site is provided to allow a user to view information regarding a first member that lists a tangible item. Geographical information is tracked regarding one or more source members that ship a tangible item to the first member and one or more destination members that receive a tangible item from the first member using a server computer. The geographical information regarding the one or more source members and the one or more destination members is stored in an electronic database using the server computer. On a map of the web site, a location of the first member and the geographical information regarding the one or more source members and the one or more destination members are displayed using the server computer. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093406 | USER INTERFACE WORKFLOW COMPOSITION METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for user interface workflow composition. In an embodiment of the invention, a user interface workflow composition method can include loading a set of references to both human steps of a workflow and also automated steps of a workflow. Each of the human steps of the workflow references a corresponding user interface. Further, each of the human steps and automated steps of the workflow individually include contextual data. Individual graphical elements each representative of a selected one of the human steps and automated steps is placed into a canvas and transitions can be defined between different ones of the human steps and automated steps represented by corresponding ones of the graphical elements in the canvas resulting in the specification of a user interface workflow. Consequently, computer readable instructions can be generated for the user interface workflow. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093407 | Stock Purchase Indices - A method and system for determining investor participation driven stock purchase indices. Raw customer trading data is received from an accounting system. The raw customer trading data is then aggregated to generate daily transaction total counts for all stocks (that is, total shares bought and sold, total market value, etc.) as well as daily transaction total counts for each individual stock. Aggregation of the raw customer data also addresses customer privacy concerns. The aggregated data is processed to produce moving averages, stock purchase indices, and stock rankings. The stock purchase indices are based on a diffusion index technique of segregating buyers from sellers, and with these relative counts, measures the breadth of investor purchasing participation. The stock purchase indices are then displayed to a graphical user interface. The display includes stock buy and sell ranking lists. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093408 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PATENT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT AND EXPENSE FORECASTING - The present invention relates to computer systems and methods for managing complex patent portfolios and forecasting patent expenses. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to computer systems and methods for calculating future patent expenses on a real-time ongoing basis, including prosecution costs and maintenance fees, based on user-inputted, calculated and/or preprogrammed parameters specific to a user's patent portfolio. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093409 | COMPUTER PRODUCT, CHARGE CALCULATING APPARATUS, AND CHARGE CALCULATING METHOD - A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores therein a charge calculating program that causes a computer that manages a database of different data items to execute recording for each data item, information indicating the number of clients that receive the data item; extracting from the information recorded at the recording and for each data item to be received by a given client, information indicating the number of clients receiving the data item; calculating charges for the given client, based on the extracted information; and outputting the calculated charges. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093410 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A CHICKEN THIGH PRODUCT - Aspects of a method for preparing a chicken thigh product are provided. In this regard, a chicken thigh product may be prepared by seasoning and smoking a skinless bone-in oyster-cut chicken thigh, where the skinless bone-in oyster-cut chicken thigh comprises a thigh bone, thigh meat, and oyster meat. Preparing the chicken thigh product may comprise separating an uncooked chicken leg from an uncooked chicken carcass such that the oyster meat is separated from the pelvis of the uncooked chicken carcass and remains attached to the uncooked chicken leg. The skinless bone-in oyster-cut chicken thigh may be smoked until a texture of the skinless bone-in oyster-cut chicken thigh is substantially similar to the texture of cooked pork ribs. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093411 | Method and apparatus to reduce risk of identity theft - A method to reduce the risk of identity theft prevents the gathering and correlation of personal information on an individual's private real property. The method selectively obscures identification indicia on personal property when the personal property is located on private real property. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093412 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROMOTING CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS - An organization TGS is formed to be dedicated, for example, to raise funds for a particular charitable, religious or health cause or to a predefined group of causes, members of TGS dedicating themselves to contributing to TGS on an ongoing basis, for example, annually. Upon making an initial contribution, a member of TGS receives a token, a unique and attractive piece of jewelry, for example a brooch, pendant, or lapel pin. The jewelry piece is constructed to be enhanced, for example, by the addition of a jewelry stone every time a periodic contribution is made. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093413 | Apparatus, System, and Method for Defining Normal and Expected Usage of a Computing Resource - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for defining normal usage of a computing system resource. A method for defining normal usage of a computing system resource includes receiving a repeating schedule that represents system usage of one or more computing resources and receiving one or more demand events that will affect the system usage of the one or more computer resources. The method also automatically creates a predictive temporal profile that represents the system usage of the one or more computer resources from information comprising the repeating schedule and the one or more demand events. The predictive temporal profile is displayed for the user to review. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093414 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHRASE IDENTIFICATION - A phrase identification system and method are provided. The method comprises: identifying one or more phrase candidates in the electronic document; selecting one of the phrase candidates; numerically representing features of the selected phrase candidates to obtain a numeric feature representation associated with that phrase candidate; and inputting the numeric feature representation into a machine learning classifier, the machine learning classifier being configured to determine, based on each numeric feature representation, whether the phrase candidate associated with that numeric feature representation is a phrase. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093415 | CONTENT RECOMMENDATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A content recommendation apparatus and method are provided. The content recommendation apparatus may record user history information of a user of a personal communication terminal where a web browsing service or mobile communication is possible. The user history information may be used to generate preference information of the user. Based on the preference information, content may be recommended to the user through a display based on a category type of the content such that different types of content are visually differentiated on the display. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093416 | Systems, Methods, and Media for Performing Classification - Systems, methods, and media that: implement a boosted classifier having a plurality of weak hypotheses that produce a classification, each of the plurality of weak hypotheses having at least one weight; receive testing data; receive at least one piece of training data subsequently to receiving the testing data; calculate corrective terms for correcting a sum of weights of correctly classified training data and a sum of weights of incorrectly classified training data; calculate the sum of weights of correctly classified training data and the sum of weights of incorrectly classified training data based on the corrective terms; modify the at least one weight of at least one of the plurality of weak hypotheses in response to the at least one piece of training data based on the sum of weights to produce modified weights; and classify the testing data based on the modified weights to produce a classification. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093417 | TOPICAL SENTIMENTS IN ELECTRONICALLY STORED COMMUNICATIONS - The present application presents methods for performing topical sentiment analysis on electronically stored communications employing fusion of polarity and topicality. The present application also provides methods for utilizing shallow NLP techniques to determine the polarity of an expression. The present application also provides a method for tuning a domain-specific polarity lexicon for use in the polarity determination. The present application also provides methods for computing a numeric metric of the aggregate opinion about some topic expressed in a set of expressions. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093418 | AI Time Machine - A method for an AI time machine to accept sequential input tasks from at least one user, manage tasks, and execute tasks simultaneously or sequentially. Tasks specified by a user can be accomplished in the virtual world or in the real world and includes extracting digital data from electronic devices or manipulation of objects in the real world. The AI time machine's data structures, comprising: at least one dynamic robot to train the AI time machine; a main program with two modes: training mode and standard mode; external technologies, comprising: universal artificial intelligence programs, human level robots, psychic robots, super intelligent robots, the AI time machine, dynamic robots, a signalless technology, atom manipulators, ghost machines, a universal CPU, an autonomous prediction internet, and a 4-d computer; a videogame environment for virtual characters to do and store work; a prediction internet; a universal brain to store dynamic robot pathways or virtual character pathways, said universal brain, comprising: a real world brain, a virtual world brain, and a time machine world brain; a timeline of Earth that records predicted knowledge of Earth's past, current and future; a future United States government system; and a long-term memory. The present invention further serves as a universal AI to control at least one of the following: a machine, a hierarchical team of machines, a universal machine and a transforming machine. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093419 | PATTERN IDENTIFYING METHOD, DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - The purpose is to provide a pattern identifying method, a pattern identifying device and a pattern identifying program, which able to correctly identify a pattern even in a case where an outlier is existed. The identifying method includes: reading, as data, an input pattern to be identified and a learning pattern previously prepared; computing a probability of a virtually generated virtual pattern existing between said input pattern and said learning pattern, as a first probability; computing a non-similarity of said input pattern with respect to said learning pattern, based on said first probability; and identifying whether or not said input pattern is consistent with said learning pattern, based on said non-similarity. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093420 | COMPUTER-PROCESSING SYSTEM SCORING SUBJECTS RELATIVE TO POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, TECHNOLOGICAL, LEGAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL (PESTLE) FACTORS, UTILIZING INPUT DATA AND A COLLABORATION PROCESS, TRANSFORMING A MEASUREMENT VALUATION SYSTEM REGARDING THE VALUE OF SUBJECTS AGAINST AN AGENDA - A method for computing a universal sustainability index comprising the steps of creating a network, inviting participants to join the network, gathering participant data, imputing contributed data by the participants and transforming the contributed data via a computer to obtain a universal sustainability index or alphanumeric indicator. Participant data is gathered utilizing surveys, tests, questionnaires. Contributed data is imputed from participants and comprises attributes, sub-attributes, statements, sub-statements, subjects, raw values, range bottoms, range tops, percent weights, polarity, third party data, and the like. The contributed data is then transformed to obtain a universal sustainability index or alphanumeric indicator, wherein the universal sustainability score or collection of scores comprises an indicator, and wherein the indicator is a numerical value of a selected subject, or comprises an index wherein the index is a numerical value of a selected agenda or sub-agenda. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093421 | DYNAMIC CONSTRAINT SATISFACTION PROBLEM SOLVER WITH SUB-PROBLEM PLACEHOLDER - A dynamic constraint solver for solving a constraint satisfaction problem network that includes a plurality of nodes and a plurality of constraints determines a cardinality for a set of sub-problems. The cardinality is a numeric domain that represents the minimum number of instances in a port. The solver determines if a number of identifiable instances of sub-problems is less than the minimum number of instances. The solver then causes a user interface to display the identifiable instances and a placeholder for each instance that is below the minimum number of instances and is not identifiable. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093422 | TIME-BASED CONFLICT RESOLUTION - A conflict resolution mechanism collects statistical data regarding how much time certain common actions or waits take. For example, the mechanism may collect statistics on disk I/O for each disk device. Statistics may include the average access time, for example. Such statistics may be collected over a sliding window of time. With the statistical data that the mechanism collects, the mechanism can make a more intelligent judgment regarding whether a process is in a “hanging” condition. For example, if the average I/O to a disk is 10 seconds for the past hour, and if a process is doing disk I/O to that disk for 5 seconds, then the mechanism will not yet determine that the process is hanging. In order to determine whether the process is hanging, the mechanism looks at the average time and the longest time for the particular actions that the process is performing. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093423 | INTELLIGENT TRUST MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - Intelligent Trust Management provides a centralized security facility that gives system components a flexible mechanism for implementing security policies. System components such as applications create a request describing an action that needs to be checked against an appropriate security policy. The request is given to a trust system that determines which policy object applies to the request, and may pass request arguments to the policy. The policy objects include executable code that uses any arguments along with dynamically obtained variable information to make a decision. The decision is returned to the system component, which then operates accordingly. Policy objects may maintain state and interface with the user independent of the system component in order to obtain information to make their decisions. Policy objects may call other policy objects and/or mathematically combine the results of other policy objects to make a decision. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093424 | Heat Flow Model for Building Fault Detection and Diagnosis - Systems and methods are described that provide a Heat Flow Model (HFM) graph modeling methodology. Embodiments automatically translate formal HVAC system descriptions from a Building Information Model (BIM) into HFM graphs, and compile the graphs into executable FDD systems. During an engineering phase, a user interface is used to enter parameters, conditions, and switches not found in the BIM. During a runtime phase, real-time data from an HVAC control system is input to the generated FDD system (HFM graph) for fault detection and diagnosis. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093425 | DOCUMENT IMAGE CREATION SERVER AND PROGRAM THEREOF, AND DOCUMENT BROWSING SYSTEM - When a document image creation server receives a browsing request of a document, a conversion section starts to create document images. A 1 | 2011-04-21 |
20110093426 | Fuzzy hash algorithm - An embodiment of the invention provides a method for and an apparatus for classifying a data object by use of a fuzzy hash. The method and apparatus can perform steps including: aligning a window in a target data object; reading content within the window; hashing the content within the window in order to calculate a hash value; splicing a spliced portion from the hashed value; and storing the spliced portion as part of a fuzzy hash. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093427 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TAGGING SIGNALS OF INTEREST IN TIME VARIANT DATA - Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer-readable storage media for tagging a known signal of interest. Initially, the system classifies the data from an input signal using a short-term classifier, wherein there are at least two classifications available, a first classification of the data as having no identified outputs and a second classification of the data as at least one potential signal of interest, wherein the short-term classifier also bypasses data that is known to be of no interest. After the short-term classifier classifies the inputs, it collapses the input data that is classified as having no identified outputs. This allows the short-term classifier to create time-variant data. Finally, the system will tag a known signal of interest in the time-variant data that was classified as having at least one potential signal of interest. Therefore, a system for tagging a known signal of interest is described. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093428 | AUTOMATED FILLING OF CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY DATA IN A DECISION SUPPORT APPARATUS THAT USES A BAYESIAN BELIEF NETWORK - A computer implemented method is provided to expand a limited amount of input to conditional probability data filling a Bayesian Belief network based decision support apparatus. The conditional probability data defines conditional probabilities of states of a particular network node as a function of vectors of state values of a set of parent nodes of the particular network node in the Bayesian Belief network. The computer implemented method comprises receiving elicited conditional probability data that defines the conditional probabilities of the state values of the particular network node for a subset of all possible vectors of combinations of state values of the parent nodes. Conditional probability data defining the conditional probabilities of the state values of the particular network node for further possible vectors of state values of the parent nodes is interpolated from the elicited conditional probability data. The influence factors are determined. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093429 | SEARCH DEVICE AND SEARCH METHOD - A search device includes an accelerator and a CPU. The accelerator includes a plurality of search cores and a scheduler. The scheduler is configured to distribute target text to the search cores in units of records ordered by record sequence number, and the search cores are configured to perform automaton matching on the distributed records in a parallel fashion. The CPU is configured to construct an automaton in accordance with a search expression input thereto, and to perform logical expression evaluations in order of the record sequence number on matching results obtained on a record-by-record basis. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093430 | MASSIVELY SCALABLE REASONING ARCHITECTURE - Techniques for reasoning data are disclosed. The techniques may include storing data in a data store which may be a semantic data store. A plurality of reasoning modules are used to reason the data in order to detect violations of one or more business policies. The reasoning modules may include semantic reasoning modules and/or pattern-based reasoning modules. Results of reasoning the data may be displayed to one or more users. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093431 | SAT-BASED SYNTHESIS OF A CLOCK GATING FUNCTION - Clock gating circuit is determined by transforming a clock gating opportunity function to a non-Boolean function and constraining inputs of the non-Boolean function. The non-Boolean function may be a ternary function. Constraining the inputs may be achieved by introducing control variables and a cardinality constraint associated with their values. The non-Boolean function may be utilized to approximate universal quantification of an input assigned with a non-Boolean value, such as “don't care” value. The non-Boolean function may be utilized to provide an ALL SAT solution of a Boolean function using a SAT solver. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093432 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT OF DOCUMENT PROCESSING DEVICES - The subject application is directed to a document processing workflow system and method. On an associated display, a web output is generated and a document processing instructions is received for commencing an operation on a document processing device. A workflow manager commences a workflow instance based upon the received document processing instruction. The workflow instance includes ascertaining the status of the operation, generating an error signal based upon the status, and generating an image on the display that corresponds to the output of the document processing device resulting from the operation. The workflow instance also includes the receipt of a location specified by the user for a data storage that is associated with the operation, and exchanging electronic document data with the user-specified data storage location. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093433 | MANAGING METADATA FOR GRAPH-BASED COMPUTATIONS - Determining metadata associated with a graph-based computation includes functionally transforming metadata associated with a first portion of a graph to generate transformed metadata associated with a second portion of the graph; determining a third portion of the graph related to the second portion of the graph; and propagating the transformed metadata from the second portion of the graph to the third portion of the graph. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093434 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING DOCUMENTS IN LOCAL AREA NETWORK - A method and system for searching one or more documents in a Local Area Network (LAN) is provided. The system includes a synchronization module, a link module, and a search engine. The synchronization module automatically synchronizes multiple knowledge sources, such as one or more pre-defined databases, one or more software version control system (SVCS) databases, and so forth, with a server at various pre-defined intervals of time. The link module connects at least one user with the server in response to a request received from the user. Once the user is connected with the server, the link module receives a search query from the user and forwards it to the search engine. The search engine then identifies one or more results in the synchronized documents and provides search results to the link module. The link module then displays the results to the user. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093435 | Virtual Database System - Information from multiple databases is retrieved and stored on a database storage system. Multiple point-in-time copies are obtained for each database. A point-in-time copy retrieves data changed in the database since the retrieval of a previous point-in-time copy. A virtual database (VDB) is created by creating a set of files in the data storage system. Each file in the set of files created for a VDB is linked to the database blocks on the database storage system associated with a point-in-time copy of the source database. The set of files associated with the VDB are mounted on a database server allowing the database server to read from and write to the set of files. Workflows based on VDBs allow various usage scenarios based on databases to be implemented efficiently, for example, testing and development, backup and recovery, and data warehouse building. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093436 | Datacenter Workflow Automation Scenarios using Virtual Databases - Information from multiple databases is retrieved and stored on a database storage system. Multiple point-in-time copies are obtained for each database. A point-in-time copy retrieves data changed in the database since the retrieval of a previous point-in-time copy. A virtual database (VDB) is created by creating a set of files in the data storage system. Each file in the set of files created for a VDB is linked to the database blocks on the database storage system associated with a point-in-time copy of the source database. The set of files associated with the VDB are mounted on a database server allowing the database server to read from and write to the set of files. Workflows based on VDBs allow various usage scenarios based on databases to be implemented efficiently, for example, testing and development, backup and recovery, and data warehouse building. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093437 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A SPACE-EFFICIENT SNAPSHOT OR SNAPCLONE OF LOGICAL DISKS - A method and system for generating a snapshot of one or more logical disks storing file-system data associated with a file system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the file system is quiesced upon a receipt of a command to generate the snapshot of the logical disks, where the snapshot is a copy of the logical disks at a point in time. Then, a disk usage of the logical disks at the point in time is determined. Further, a sharing bitmap associated with the snapshot is generated based on the disk usage, where the sharing bitmap is configured to indicate sharing of the file-system data with the logical disks and a predecessor snapshot immediately preceding the snapshot. Moreover, the file system is unquiesced. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093438 | META-CONFIGURATION OF PROFILES - Disclosed are methods for creating, applying, using and retrieving profile information that includes attributes that may be stored separately from, or with, the content to which the profiles are being applied. In this manner, profiles can be shared in various environments and across various applications. Attributes that have corresponding attributes in other content can be applied to the other content, as long as each of the attributes is valid. In computer aided design applications, the profile can be stored in a profile repository embedded within the CAD model. In addition, profile controllers are disclosed which control the attributes of a profile that can be used with selected content and other content and send a notification that a profile is available for use by other content. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093439 | De-duplication Storage System with Multiple Indices for Efficient File Storage - A de-duplication storage system which uses multiple indices is described. A first group of one or more indices may be stored in random access memory (RAM) or another type of fast storage. A second group of one or more indices may be stored on one or more disk drives or another type of storage where large amounts of data can be stored inexpensively. The first group of indices may be used when adding new files to the de-duplication storage system in order to determine whether the file segments of the new files are already stored. The second group of indices may be used when restoring files in order to lookup the segments of the files. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093440 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING COPY OF DATABASE - In a DBMS, in response to a request from application programs, a base table update function updates a base table and a recovery start point, and a log recording function records update logs for the base table. Then, at predetermined timing, a backup function outputs the content of the base table to a backup file and copies the recovery start point associated with the base table to a recovery start point. Subsequently, when a user has specified a quiesce point and the base table, a copy generation function generates a target table that is a copy of the base table at the quiesce point by updating the backup file of the specified base table with ones of the update logs from the recovery start point to the quiesce point. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093441 | Method for Detecting a Delinquent Customer Record in a CRM Database - The present invention relates to a method for detecting a delinquent or dormant customer record in a customer relationship management (CRM) database using a computer arrangement. The method includes the step of determining that the customer record does not relate to an existing customer for whom work is in progress. It is also determined that the customer record does not relate to a prospective customer. The method further includes the step of detecting the customer record when a future activity date associated with the customer record has passed. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093442 | Method for Facilitating Online Interactions Initiated Using Optical Disc Players - Online interactions using optical disc players are facilitated by extracting information from a user request that was initiated from an optical disc player, and then using the extracted information to identify pre-existing user-specific data. A short code, which is specific to the desired online interaction and associated with the extracted information and pre-existing information, is generated and transmitted back to the optical disc player. This short code is then provided back to the back-end server by the user from a secondary consumer electronic device, and used to retrieve associated information, such as the target website for consummating the desired interaction and the previously-identified pre-existing information. Retrieved information is used to populate data fields on the target website prior the user being re-directed to the target website. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093443 | Access Point Database - A location beacon database and server, method of building location beacon database, and location based service using same. Wi-Fi access points are located in a target geographical area to build a reference database of locations of Wi-Fi access points. At least one vehicle is deployed including at least one scanning device having a GPS device and a Wi-Fi radio device and including a Wi-Fi antenna system. The target area is traversed in a programmatic route to avoid arterial bias. The programmatic route includes substantially all drivable streets in the target geographical area and solves an Eulerian cycle problem of a graph represented by said drivable streets. While traversing the target area, periodically receive the GPS coordinates of the GPS device. While traversing the target area, detecting Wi-Fi signals from Wi-Fi access points in range of the Wi-Fi device and recording identity information of the detected Wi-Fi access point in conjunction with GPS location information of the vehicle when the detection of the Wi-Fi access point was made. The location information is used to reverse triangulate the position of the detected Wi-Fi access point; and the position of the detected access point is recorded in a reference database. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093444 | Method and System for Creating Messages Including Image Information - Storing image data and related information for sharing via a URL includes receiving image data uploaded from a client computer via a user interface and receiving, separate from the receiving of the image data, related information uploaded via the user interface. The uploaded image data and related information are stored. A uniform resource locator (URL) configured for retrieving a display that includes the stored image data and the related information is generated. The URL is provided in a message. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093445 | Report Generation with Integrated Quality Management - Reports are generated by a computing engine using user inputs to a template and automatically added quality management values. Quality management reports can be automatically generated at selected intervals, such as daily, monthly, and yearly. Users are thus able to meet required quality assurance standards. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093446 | WEB-BASED DECISION MATRIX DISPLAY - A tool, using an expressly programmed computer which is programmed with executable instructions, that utilizes data mined from web queries to populate a decision matrix for finding an outcome to a query. The decision matrix is a displayed spreadsheet having rows representing fields that are typical for the query. The web yields data that is extracted and stored in the fields for a plurality of such sites. Calculators or operator methods are used for displaying a desired outcome using the fields. The field data may be entered manually when not found on websites. Data may be changed from actual data to represent hypothetical situation or a data field may be deleted. Columnar data is operated upon to determine different outcomes for comparison. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093447 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus including a search unit configured to access a server storing a plurality of contents therein, and search for a desired content from among the plurality of contents, a recognition unit configured to recognize a reproduction apparatus which is capable of reproducing a content stored in the server, an instruction unit configured to instruct the reproduction apparatus to reproduce the content having been searched for by the search unit, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire reproduction information relating to the content having been reproduced by the reproduction apparatus. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093448 | SYSTEM METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PEDIGREE ANALYSIS - This invention pertains in general to the field of data mining. More particularly the invention relates to a system ( | 2011-04-21 |
20110093449 | SEARCH ENGINE AND METHODOLOGY, PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE TO PATENT LITERATURE - A search engine for searching based on related scientific or technological concepts, comprises: a learning module for learning about relationships between technical phrases based on their rates of occurrence in related documents, therefrom to form concepts from groupings of related phrases, and a search module for searching for related documents to a query document based on occurrence in said related documents of concepts present in said query document, the learning module carrying out said learning based on a training set of documents and inter-document relations. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093450 | ASSESSING AN INDIVIDUAL'S INFLUENCE OVER DECISIONS REGARDING HOSPITALITY VENUE SELECTION - A method for identifying influential individuals in a customer arrivals list, including importing a customer arrivals list from a hospitality enterprise data source, wherein the arrivals list includes a plurality of entries, each entry corresponding to a customer and including at least a name of the customer, collecting profile information for the name in a designated entry in the arrivals list, from sources on the web, when the collecting profile information identifies one or more individuals who have the name in the designated entry: determining a level of certainty for at least one of the one or more identified individuals, that the identified individual be the same individual as the customer corresponding to the designated entry, based on data in the designated entry, determining a level of influence for the designated entry, based on the collected profile information; and assigning a hospitality venue selection influence metric (HVSIM) to the designated entry, based on the determining a level of certainty and on the determining a level of influence. A system is also described and claimed. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093451 | Systems and methods for executing a database query to perform multi-level deployment - Systems and methods for generating an optimized deployment scheme include generating a request identifying a type of resource requested by hierarchically arranged organizational entities including a first organizational entity located at a first level and a second organizational entity at a second level, executing a database query to retrieve business data corresponding to the first and second organizational entities, determining, based on the business data, a first quantity and a second quantity, the first quantity identifying a quantity of the resource available for deployment to the first organizational entity, and the second quantity identifying a quantity of the resource available for deployment to the second organizational entity, modifying the first quantity based on the second quantity, and generating, by using a processor of the computer system, an optimized deployment scheme based on the first quantity, the modified first quantity, and the second quantity. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093452 | AUTOMATIC COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS - Web search engines are often presented with user queries that involve comparisons of real-world entities. Thus far, this interaction has typically been captured by users submitting appropriately designed keyword queries for which they are presented a list of relevant documents. Embodiments explicitly allow for a comparative analysis of entities to improve the search experience. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093453 | Methods and Systems for Identifying, Assessing and Clearing Conflicts of Interest - Methods and systems for identifying, assessing and clearing conflicts of interest are described herein. Consistent with some embodiments, a conflicts management system receives a conflict search request, and processes the request utilizing a risk matrix that encompass and represents the risk tolerance or risk profile of a law firm. The risk matrix maps certain request types to different search queries and rules that are to be evaluated for a given request type. Based on the execution of the queries and the rules for the request, a score is assigned to a party, such that the score represents the level of risk that would be undertaken if the party was engaged as a client. | 2011-04-21 |
20110093454 | SEARCH SYSTEM - A client device has a search request processing portion, an individual acquaintance table, and a personal relationship score reflection portion. The search request processing portion transmits a search request including a search condition to a search server device, and receives from the search server device a search result of searching for a person who meets the search condition. The individual acquaintance table stores an acquainted degree between persons calculated on the basis of a history of sending and receiving emails sent and received between the persons. The personal relationship score reflection portion assigns a score indicating an intensity of a personal relationship with a person who has inputted the search request to the person who has been searched out on the basis of the acquainted degree stored in the individual acquaintance table, and sorts the search result in descending order of the score. | 2011-04-21 |