| 17th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 57 |
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| 20130103359 | GEOMETRIC MODELING OF COMPOSITE PARTS - A composite part including a ply stack-up and resin is modeled. The modeling includes performing a convolution on a representation of the stack-up to approximate smoothed ramps between different plies of the stack-up. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103360 | METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING MODELS OF ANIMALS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUSES APPLYING THE SAME - A method for constructing models of animals and an electronic apparatus applying the same are disclosed, in which the animal model construction method comprises the step of: using an imaging device for capturing images of a specific animal at different viewpoints so as to form a plurality of animal images; inputting the plural animal images into an animal model construction system, which has an animal species database embedded therein, for allowing the system to perform a species discrimination analysis so as to find a matching animal prototype from the animal species database; adjusting the matched animal prototype according to the distinctive appearance features of the specific animal that are obtained from the plural animal images so as to construct a primary animal model; and enabling the primary animal model to move and give off sound in a manner the same as the real specific animal. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103361 | COMPUTING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DIMENSION NUMBERS USING THE COMPUTING DEVICE - A method for processing dimension numbers using a computing device, a first template of a dimension frame and a plurality of second templates of dimension numbers 0-9, and a numerical text data of each second template are established. A plurality of block objects are obtained by grouping all discontinuous line segments in the engineering drawing. All frame objects in the engineering drawing are obtained by matching each of the block objects with the first template. One or more remainder objects in each bounding box are obtained, and grouped to obtain one or more number objects in each of the frame objects. A matched second template of each of the number objects is obtained by matching each of the number objects with each of the second templates. The number objects in each of the frame objects are replaced by corresponding numerical text data. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103362 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FIRE & GAS DETECTION - A fire and gas detector placement system and method comprises one or more computer processors; and a non-transitory computer readable medium. The non-transitory computer readable medium contains instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of identifying a position of at least one fire and gas detector in a premises using a calculation based on a plurality of parameters; and generating a 3-dimensional representation of the premises including the position of the at least one fire and gas detector. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103363 | Methods and Compositions for Articular Repair - Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for producing articular repair materials and for repairing an articular surface. In particular, methods for providing articular repair systems. Also provided are articular surface repair systems designed to replace a selected area cartilage, for example, and surgical tools for repairing articular surfaces. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103364 | SHIP DESIGN SUPPORTING SYSTEM - A ship design supporting system includes a storage section for storing general arrangement model data describing a general arrangement model which contains a hull structure model as a 3-dimensional model of a hull structure and an equipment apparatus model as a 3-dimensional model of equipment apparatus; and a model producing and changing section for changing the general arrangement model based on a final line plan data which shows a shape of a ship to be built. Because the general arrangement design and the ship shape design can be carried forward in parallel, a time from start of the design to completion can be reduced. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103365 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING REPETITIVE STRUCTURES IN 3D MESH MODELS - Discovering repetitive structures in 3D models is a challenging task. A method for detecting repetitive structures in 3D models comprises sampling the 3D model using a current sampling step size, detecting repetitive structures and remaining potions of the model, determining a representative for each of the one or more repetitive structures, and as long as the detecting step yields one or more repetitive structures, reducing the current sampling step size and repeating the steps of sampling and detecting for each detected representative of a detected repetitive structure and for the remaining portions of the model, wherein the reduced sampling step size is used. The described method and device can e.g. be used for 3D model compression, 3D model repairing, or geometry synthesis. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103366 | PREDICTING CORROSION MECHANISMS FOR AN IRON-CONTAINING SURFACE IN CONTACT WITH A SOLUTION SATURATED IN AMMONIUM CHLORIDE | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103367 | Methods and systems for numerically simulating muscle movements along bones and around joints - Systems and methods for numerically simulating muscle's movements along bones and around joints are disclosed. A computerized model containing a plurality of truss elements along with one or more rollers is used. The truss elements are configured for modeling a muscle strand while each roller is configured for a joint. Each truss element includes two end nodes and is configured or associated with a muscle bio-mechanical property model. Each roller is fixed at the location of a corresponding joint. To simulate the muscle strand movements around the joint, each pair of truss elements straddling a roller is adjusted dynamically in a time-marching simulation (e.g., computer simulation of an impact event of an automobile and one or more occupants). Adjustments are performed at each solution cycle of the time-marching simulation. Adjustments include two types—“slipping” and “swapping”. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103368 | Automated Experimental Design For Polymerase Chain Reaction - A method and apparatus of a device that generates a primer pair design to amplify a template in a DNA strand is described. The device calculates a first and second plurality of primers, where each primer in the first plurality of primers is from a different region of the DNA template than each primer in the second plurality of primers. The device further calculates a set of primer pairs, where each of primer pairs include one of the primers from the first plurality of primers and one primer from the second plurality of primers, and each of the first plurality of primer pairs is calculated based on a penalty of combination between the two primers in that primer pair. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103369 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING AND ANALYZING COMPONENT-BASED MODELS OF ENGINEERING SYSTEMS - Systems, methods, and apparatus for modeling and analyzing a physical system comprising a plurality of components. In some embodiments, a component type of a component of the plurality of components may be used to access a dataset from a plurality of datasets. The dataset may include a representation of at least one partial differential equation. A model of the component may be constructed based at least in part on the accessed dataset and at least one parameter relating to a physical characteristic of the component, and may be used to compute at least one output value based on at least one input value. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103370 | PIPELINE FLOW MODELING METHOD - A method of modeling a segment of a pipeline transporting a product comprising defining within the segment a plurality of discrete cells, each disposed between knots, preparing a system of equations relating the conservations of mass, momentum and energy for each cell along with equations for the liquid phase flow area of cells with tight, slack and minimum area flow modes, providing data relating to the product and the location and elevation of the cells, sensing a plurality of conditions within known cells, solving the system of equations, initiating a re-stepping process by re-assessing the flow modes of each cell and re-setting flow modes for cells with unstable flow modes, and re-solving the system of equations using stable flow modes. An embodiment of the method includes excepting one or more cells from the re-stepping portion where a recurrent pattern of flow mode change is detected. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103371 | Predicting An Existence Of A Relation - A method includes appling graphical models in domains where the relations form the instances and where just a single relation is modeled instead of a whole network of entities and their relationships. Based on such model of the single relation, the relation between two or more entities is predicted. The method may allow modeling a dynamics in relational domains, including changes of trends or hot topics in social networks. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103372 | SPECIFYING REUSABLE PROCESS MODELS - A method and system for specifying a reusable process model. Sub-processes of a base process are identified as having a potential to be modified. By filling in values in a configurable pattern applied to each identified sub-process, dynamic categories are mapped to the identified sub-processes, thereby allowing the sub-processes to be reusable. A change to business requirements occurs, where the base process is based on the business requirements. Based on the change to the business requirements, a change to the values in the configurable pattern applied to a sub-process is received. The change to the values in the configurable pattern does not require a change to the base process. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103373 | ONLINE SIMULATION MODEL OPTIMIZATION - An online simulation model optimization receives data representative of a business process captured in real time to form instance metrics, aggregates the instance metrics to form aggregated instance metrics, and uses a particle filter for filtering the aggregated instance metrics to form calibrated data. The process iteratively computes an output value using the calibrated data, by a simulation model. Responsive to a determination that the output value is not within a predetermined tolerance of an error threshold, the process adjusts a weight previously assigned to an aggregated instance metric by the particle filter to form recalibrated data, whereby the recalibrated data is submitted to the simulation model for computation. Responsive to a determination that the output value is within the predetermined tolerance, the process sends a result to a correction selection process of a business process optimizer, the result comprising the output value, the calibrated data, and/or the recalibrated data. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103374 | DETERMINATION OF NON-UNIFORMITIES OF LOADED WHEELS BY LOAD SIMULATION - The invention relates to a method for contactless determining non-uniformities of a loaded wheel, comprising the steps of determining outer contour of at least a portion of the unloaded wheel; simulating loading of the wheel with a virtual loading element bearing against the tyre tread for a plurality of rotary positions of the wheel on the basis of the determined outer contour, a displacement of the determined outer contour caused by the virtual loading element and a predetermined spring rate associated to the tyre tread; and determining non-uniformities of the loaded wheel using the simulation results. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103375 | METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN DETERMINING STRENGTH OF FIXING CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY PATCH AND COMPUTER USING THE SAME - A computer for assisting in determining the strength of fixing a craniofacial surgery patch comprises a storage device for storing a medical image and a central processing unit, the central processing unit carry out a method for assisting in determining the strength of fixing a craniofacial surgery patch. The method includes obtaining a medical image; establishing a skull model according to the medical image; receiving a patch setting command, and disposing a patch model on the skull model according to the patch setting command; generating an internal grid mesh data of the skull model disposed with the patch model; executing a biomechanical simulation of a patch structural strength according to the skull model disposed with the patch model, the internal grid mesh data and a boundary condition; and providing a stress distribution, a strain distribution or a displacement distribution of the patch model to assist in determining. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103376 | MULTIPLE CLIENT SIMULATOR FOR PUSH ENGINE - A single computer may be configured to function as a multiple client simulator that tests a push engine by simultaneously simulating multiple clients. The multiple client simulator may be configured to open and simultaneously maintain a large number of connections with the push engine. To facilitate this, a virtual interface module may be used to multiply the effective number of IP addresses of the single computer. The default number of ports that are available for each IP address may also be increased, along with the available number of file descriptors. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103377 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POWER MANAGEMENT OF MEMORY CIRCUITS BY A SYSTEM OR COMPONENT THEREOF - An apparatus and method are provided for communicating with a plurality of physical memory circuits. In use, at least one virtual memory circuit is simulated where at least one aspect (e.g. power-related aspect, etc.) of such virtual memory circuit(s) is different from at least one aspect of at least one of the physical memory circuits. Further, in various embodiments, such simulation may be carried out by a system (or component thereof), an interface circuit, etc. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103378 | ELECTRICITY DEMAND PREDICTION - Various arrangements for anticipating an electrical load are presented. A plurality of indications of locations of a vehicle may be received. A travel pattern of the vehicle based on the plurality of indications of locations of the vehicle may be determined. The travel pattern may indicate a destination and an expected travel time to arrive at the destination. A current location of the vehicle may be received. At least partially based on the current location of the vehicle, whether the vehicle is expected to conform to the travel pattern may be determined. An anticipated electrical load at the destination may be determined at least partially based on the travel pattern. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103379 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN APPLICATION SOFTWARE AND AUTOSAR SERVICE - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for verifying interoperability between application software and AUTOSAR services. The apparatus includes an AUTOSAR interoperability configuration unit configured to configure an interoperability relationship between AUTOSAR service components defined to provide the AUTOSAR services and the components of the application software for an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) performing functions requested by the application software and a simulation unit configured to perform simulations in order to verify whether the interoperated AUTOSAR service components and the components of the application software are normally driven or not based on scheduled task timing. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103380 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MULTIPLE COMPUTER PERIPHERAL DEVICES USING A GENERIC DRIVER - A method for controlling a peripheral hardware device connected to a computer system is disclosed, the computer system includes an operating system, acting as the host operating system, running on a processor platform, and a generic device driver configured to operate on the combination of the operating system and a processor platform. The peripheral hardware device is delivered with an original peripheral hardware device driver file written for at least one of another operating system and a another processor platform, handling, by the generic device driver, interfaces between the operating system, the peripheral hardware devices and a software application. These are configured to interact with the original peripheral device driver file, and emulating, by the generic device driver, at least a part of the another operating system and the another processor that are required for the peripheral hardware device to operate on the operating system and the processor. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103381 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING MACHINE TRANSLATION POST EDIT REVIEW PROCESSES - Systems and methods for enhancing machine translation post edit review processes are provided herein. According to some embodiments, methods for displaying confidence estimations for machine translated segments of a source document may include executing instructions stored in memory, the instructions being executed by a processor to calculate a confidence estimation for a machine translated segment of a source document, compare the confidence estimation for the machine translated segment to one or more benchmark values, associate the machine translated segment with a color based upon the confidence estimation for the machine translated segment relative to the one or more benchmark values, and provide the machine translated segment having the color in a graphical format, to a client device. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103382 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING SIMILAR SENTENCES - An apparatus for searching similar sentences that has a translation sentence database includes an input unit to which a sentence is input; first language processing unit configured to perform language processing on sentences input through the input unit; and first language similarity calculating unit configured to refer to previously translated sentences to extract similar sentences for the first language sentence. Further, the apparatus includes translating unit configured to translate a sentence into a second language sentence; second language processing unit configured to perform language processing on a second language sentence; second language similarity calculating unit configured to refer to the previously translated sentences to extract similar sentences for the second language sentence; and a re-ranking unit configured to combine similar sentence extracting results of the first language with those of the second language to re-rank sentence outputs. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103383 | TRANSLATING LANGUAGE CHARACTERS IN MEDIA CONTENT - Some implementations disclosed herein provide techniques and arrangements to enable translating language characters in media content. For example, some implementations receive a user selection of a first portion of media content. Some implementations disclosed herein may, based on the first portion, identify a second portion of the media content. The second portion of the media content may include one or more first characters of a first language. Some implementations disclosed herein may create an image that includes the second portion of the media content and may send the image to a server. Some implementations disclosed herein may receive one or more second characters of a second language corresponding to a translation of the one or more first characters of the first language from the server. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103384 | TRANSLATING PROMPT AND USER INPUT - A method for intercepting an application prompt before it reaches the user interface, wherein the application prompt has been transmitted from the computer application and intended to reach the user interface. The method also includes translating the intercepted application prompt from a source language to a target user language, and in response to translating the intercepted application prompt, transmitting the translated application prompt to the user interface. The method also includes intercepting, in response to the application prompt, user input from the user interface, wherein the user input is intended to reach the computer application. The method also includes translating the user input from the target language to the source language, and in response to translating the intercepted application prompt, transmitting the translated user input to the computer application. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103385 | PERFORMING SENTIMENT ANALYSIS - There is provided a computer-implemented method of performing sentiment analysis. An exemplary method comprises performing a first sentiment analysis on microblogging data based on a method using an opinion lexicon. The method also includes training a classifier using training data from the first sentiment analysis. Additionally, the method includes identifying a new opinion term in the microblogging data by performing a statistical test. The new opinion terms are not in the opinion lexicon. The method also includes identifying new microblogging data based on the new opinion term. Further, the method includes performing a second sentiment analysis on the new microblogging data using the classifier. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103386 | PERFORMING SENTIMENT ANALYSIS - There is provided a computer-implemented method of performing sentiment analysis. An exemplary method comprises identifying one or more sentences in a microblog. The microblog comprises an entity. The method further includes identifying one or more opinion words in the sentences based on an opinion lexicon. Additionally, the method includes determining, for each of the sentences, an opinion value for the entity. The opinion value is determined based on an opinion value for each of the opinion words in an opinion lexicon. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103387 | COMPUTER PROCESSES FOR ANALYZING AND IMPROVING DOCUMENT READABILITY - Computer-based processes are disclosed for analyzing and improving document readability. Document readability is improved by using rules and associated logic to automatically detect various types of writing problems and to make and/or suggest edits for eliminating such problems. Many of the rules seek to generate more concise formulations of the analyzed sentences, such as by eliminating unnecessary words, rearranging words and phrases, and making various other types of edits. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103388 | DOCUMENT ANALYZING APPARATUS - A document analyzing apparatus includes a document analyzer and a comparator. The document analyzer is used for deconstructing a text file of a document stored in a data storage device to obtain a plurality of model sentences, and then storing the model sentences in the data storage device. The document analyzer further applies a position index to each of the model sentences, wherein the position index points to the storing position of the document having the model sentence in data storage device. The comparator is used for comparing a processing sentence and each of the model sentences for the similarity. The document analyzing apparatus in the present invention is capable of deconstructing text files into small units such as sentences so as to facilitate the user to search or classify the documents. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103389 | Selecting Terms in a Document - Determining a mapping between a textual representation in a document and a concept is disclosed. A document is received. A set of candidate textual representations in the document is identified. For at least one candidate textual representation included in the set, an associated concept included in a taxonomy of concepts is determined. The candidate textual representation and the associated concept are provided as output. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103390 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PARAPHRASE ACQUISITION - A computer based natural language processing method for identifying paraphrases in corpora using statistical analysis comprises deriving a set of starting paraphrases (SPs) from a parallel corpus, each SP having at least two phrases that are phrase aligned; generating a set of paraphrase patterns (PPs) by identifying shared terms within two aligned phrases of an SP, and defining a PP having slots in place of the shared terms, in right hand side (RHS) and left hand side (LHS) expressions; and collecting output paraphrases (OPs) by identifying instances of the PPs in a non-parallel corpus. By using the reliably derived paraphrase information from a small parallel corpus to generate the PPs, and extending the range of instances of the PPs over the large non-parallel corpus, better coverage of the paraphrases in the language and fewer errors are encountered. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103391 | NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING FOR SOFTWARE COMMANDS - A system and method for facilitating user access to software functionality. An example method includes receiving natural language input; determining an identify of a user providing the input; employing the identity to facilitate selecting a software command to associate with the received natural language input; and employing software to act on the command. In a more specific embodiment, the method further includes determining an initial set of available software commands, and narrowing the initial set of available software commands based on the identity of a user and enterprise data associated with the identity of the user, resulting in a narrowed set of software commands in response thereto. Example enterprise data includes enterprise organizational chart information (e.g., corporate hierarchy information) and user access privilege information maintained by an ERP system. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103392 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF REPRODUCING AUDIO DATA USING LOW POWER - A method and apparatus for reproducing audio data using low power are provided. The apparatus may reproduce the audio data by determining a power mode based on a memory resource of an internal memory, and an amount of a memory required for reproducing the audio data, controlling a power based on the determined power mode, and decoding the audio data. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103393 | Multi-point sound mixing and distant view presentation method, apparatus and system - The disclosure provides a multi-point sound mixing and distant view presentation method, apparatus and system, wherein the multi-point sound mixing and distant view presentation method includes: receiving audio code streams from a plurality of meeting places, wherein each meeting place comprises one or more meeting sections, and each meeting section corresponds to one audio code stream; mixing the audio code streams of the meeting sections which have a corresponding relationship among the plurality of meeting places; and outputting mixed audio code streams to the meeting sections which have the corresponding relationship among the plurality of meeting places. Sounds in different sections of the distant view presentation conference system can be distinguished by technical solutions provided by the disclosure. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103394 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENTLY ENCODING QUANTIZATION PARAMETERS OF SPECTRAL COEFFICIENT CODING - This invention introduces apparatus and methods to efficiently encode the quantization parameters of split multi-rate lattice vector quantization. In this invention, by doing spectral analysis on the split multi-rate vector quantized spectrum, the spectrum is split to null vectors region and non-null vectors region. For the null vectors region, instead of transmitting series of indication for null vectors, an indication of null vectors region and the quantized value of index of the ending vector in the null vectors region (or the number of the null vectors in the null vectors region) are transmitted. The indication of null vectors region can be designed in many ways, the only requirement is the indication should be distinguishable in the decoder side. The ending index or the number of null vectors can be quantized by an adaptively designed codebook. By applying of the invented method, some bits can be saved from the codebook indications. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103395 | OPERATING METHODS FOR VOICE ACTIVITY DETECTION/SILENCE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM - A Voice Activity Detection/Silence Suppression (VAD/SS) system is connected to a channel of a transmission pipe. The channel provides a pathway for the transmission of energy. A method for operating a VAD/SS system includes detecting the energy on the channel, and activating or suppressing activation of the VAD/SS system depending upon the nature of the energy detected on the channel. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103396 | POST-FILTER COMMON-GAIN DETERMINATION - An apparatus for processing an input sound signal, the apparatus including: gain circuitry configured to control a gain based on a plurality of respective sub-signals of the input sound signal; and an amplification apparatus configured to adjust the amplification of all the plurality of amplitudes based on the gain. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103397 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR LIST DISPLAY AND MANAGEMENT - Exemplary embodiments provide systems, devices and methods that allow creation and management of lists of items in an integrated manner on an interactive graphical user interface. A user may speak a plurality of list items in a natural unbroken manner to provide an audio input stream into an audio input device. Exemplary embodiments may automatically process the audio input stream to convert the stream into a text output, and may process the text output into one or more n-grams that may be used as list items to populate a list on a user interface. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103398 | Method and Apparatus for Audio Signal Classification - An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform determining a signal identification value for an audio signal, determining at least one noise level value for the audio signal, comparing the signal identification value against a signal identification threshold and each of the at least one noise level value against an associated noise level threshold, and identifying the audio signal dependent on the comparison. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103399 | DETERMINING AND CONVEYING CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION FOR REAL TIME TEXT - Aspects relate to machine recognition of human voices in live or recorded audio content, and delivering text derived from such live or recorded content as real time text, with contextual information derived from characteristics of the audio. For example, volume information can be encoded as larger and smaller font sizes. Speaker changes can be detected and indicated through text additions, or color changes to the font. A variety of other context information can be detected and encoded in graphical rendition commands available through RTT, or by extending the information provided with RTT packets, and processing that extended information accordingly for modifying the display of the RTT text content. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103400 | Document Transcription System Training - A system is provided for training an acoustic model for use in speech recognition. In particular, such a system may be used to perform training based on a spoken audio stream and a non-literal transcript of the spoken audio stream. Such a system my identify text in the non-literal transcript which represents concepts having multiple spoken forms. The system may attempt to identify the actual spoken form in the audio stream which produced the corresponding text in the non-literal transcript, and thereby produce a revised transcript which more accurately represents the spoken audio stream. The revised, and more accurate, transcript may be used to train the acoustic model, thereby producing a better acoustic model than that which would be produced using conventional techniques, which perform training based directly on the original non-literal transcript. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103401 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPEECH BASED DOCUMENT HISTORY TRACKING - A method and a system of history tracking corrections in a speech based document are disclosed. The speech based document comprises one or more sections of text recognized or transcribed from sections of speech, wherein the sections of speech are dictated by a user and processed by a speech recognizer in a speech recognition system into corresponding sections of text of the speech based document. The method comprises associating of at least one speech attribute ( | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103402 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMBINING FRAME AND SEGMENT LEVEL PROCESSING, VIA TEMPORAL POOLING, FOR PHONETIC CLASSIFICATION - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for combining frame and segment level processing, via temporal pooling, for phonetic classification. A frame processor unit receives an input and extracts the time-dependent features from the input. A plurality of pooling interface units generates a plurality of feature vectors based on pooling the time-dependent features and selecting a plurality of time-dependent features according to a plurality of selection strategies. Next, a plurality of segmental classification units generates scores for the feature vectors. Each segmental classification unit (SCU) can be dedicated to a specific pooling interface unit (PIU) to form a PIU-SCU combination. Multiple PIU-SCU combinations can be further combined to form an ensemble of combinations, and the ensemble can be diversified by varying the pooling operations used by the PIU-SCU combinations. Based on the scores, the plurality of segmental classification units selects a class label and returns a result. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103403 | RESPONDING TO A CALL TO ACTION CONTAINED IN AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An audio signal is monitored to detect the presence of a call to action contained therein. Addressing information is automatically extracted from the call to action and stored on a storage medium. An electronic message responding to the call to action may be automatically prepared, or a contact field may be automatically populated for inclusion in a contact list. The audio signal may be digitized or obtained from a broadcast transmission, and the process may be performed by a mobile communication device, a central system, or a combination thereof. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103404 | MOBILE VOICE PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE - A mobile voice platform providing a user speech interface to computer-based services uses a device having a processor, communication circuitry, an operating system, and applications that are run using the operating system and that utilize the computer-based services via the communication circuitry. The mobile voice platform includes a non-transient digital storage medium storing first and second program modules. Upon execution by the processor the first program module receives speech recognition results, determines a desired service based on the speech recognition results, and provides at least some of the speech recognition results to the second program module. The second program module, when executed, generates a service request based on the speech recognition results provided from the first program module, provides the service request to one or more of the computer-based services, obtains a service result from the computer-based service(s), and supplies the first program module with a response. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103405 | OPERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING - An operation determination processing section of a center extracts words included in the utterance of a driver and an operator, reads an attribute associated with each word from a synonym and related word in which an attribute is stored so as to be associated with each word, reads a domain of a candidate or the like for the task associated with the attribute from the synonym and related word in which domains of a candidate for a task associated with the read attribute or domains of a task to be actually performed are stored, totals the domains read for each word for words included in the utterance of the driver or the like, and estimates those related to a domain with a highest total score as the candidate for the task and the task to be actually performed. In this manner, it is possible to estimate the task with high accuracy. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103406 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING A BALANCED MICROPHONE CABLE - This invention enables a microphone to control the device having the microphone input. it includes both ideas related to the microphone as well as the device with the microphone input. It utilizes a standard two conductor shielded microphone cable and does not impact the audio from the microphone when the control operation is being performed. The microphone produces common-mode signals which are detected by the device with the microphone input. These signals provide control of the device with the microphone input. Likewise the device with the microphone input produces common-mode signals which are detected by the microphone. These signals provide control of the microphone visual display indicators. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103407 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - The present invention relates to a method for processing an audio signal, comprising the following steps: performing a linear predictive analysis on the current frame of an audio signal so as to generate a first target vector, which is a target vector of a first stage, on the basis of a plurality of linear prediction transform coefficients; performing vector quantization on the first target vector so as to acquire a predetermined number of first temporary candidate code vectors of the first stage; calculating first temporary candidate errors, which are errors between the first temporary candidate code vectors and the first target vector; and determining a first number, which is the number of the first candidate code vectors, on the basis of the first temporary candidate errors, and acquiring first final candidate code vectors in the same amount as the first number. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103408 | Adaptive Linear Predictive Coding/Decoding - A method of coding/decoding of a digital audio signal comprising a succession of consecutive blocks of data, on the basis of a predictive filter. A modified predictive filter is used for the coding of at least one current block, the modified filter being constructed by the combination of: a rear filter calculated for a past block, preceding the current block, and enrichment parameters for the rear filter, which are determined as a function of the signal in the current block and comprising the coefficients of a modifying filter. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103409 | PROVIDING eFOLIOS - Providing an electronic itemized list of purchases made by a user, in one aspect, may include receiving data associated with the user and one or more purchases made by the user, storing the data in an itemized purchase database, enabling access to the data, and providing an itemized list of purchases based on the data in accordance with one or more query criteria. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103410 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING OPERATION OF A MEDICAL DEVICE - Systems and methods of enabling a medical device for operation and billing a medical procedure performed with a medical device. A medical procedure barcode is purchased through a user interface executing on a server. The server updates a medical procedure database to indicate that the purchased medical procedure barcode is valid. The medical procedure barcode is read by a barcode reader, and the medical procedure database is queried to determine if the read medical procedure barcode is valid. A medical device is enabled for use by a medical procedure service provider if the medical procedure barcode is valid, such that the medical procedure may be performed using the enabled medical device. The medical procedure database is updated to indicate that the medical procedure barcode has been redeemed by the medical procedure service provider. The server transmits payments to the medical procedure service provider for the redeemed medical procedure barcode. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103411 | Systems and methods for reducing healthcare transaction costs - A centralized network can be established by contracting medical facilities and insurance providers, in which the medical facilities agree to waive all or a portion of a deductible amount owed as part of their contractual obligation with the network. The insurance providers agree to provide a credit of the premium to be paid by beneficiaries that use a contracted medical facility to receive a service for which the deductible amount is waived. Specific uses of the systems and methods disclosed can include management of a Medicare supplemental insurance network in which Part A deductibles are waived by hospitals or similar medical facilities, and premium credits are provided to beneficiaries of Medicare supplemental insurance policies who use contracted medical facilities. The cost savings and increased revenue recognized by both medical facilities and insurance providers can enable claims to be repriced while reducing transactional costs for all parties. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103412 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING WORK SCHEDULES - Disclosed are new approaches for scheduling workers providing services to recipients at remote locations, such as home health care services. Work assignments may be organized into shifts associated with one or more workers and one or more recipients. Tasks are associated with the shift and have a status associated therewith that can be updated by a worker. Shifts may be replicated by cutting and pasting or specifying a recurrence definition. The tasks associated with a shift may then be replicated according to the cut-and-paste operation or recurrence definition. The status of tasks may be updated using a voice telephony system. The status of tasks may also be reported from a computer located on the recipient premise. Text and/or voice comments and the task status may be accessible by managers, clients, and concerned parties from a web portal accessible using a computing device, such as a tablet computer. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103413 | PROMOTING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS - Among other things, an association is maintained between a promotional campaign for a product (such as a pharmaceutical product) and an identifier that is unique with respect to at least one of the campaign, the product, or a stakeholder associated with the product. In association with the unique identifier, information is stored about at least one of the following: the campaign, the product, the stakeholder, or activities of the stakeholder with respect to the product. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103414 | DISEASE RISK DECISION SUPPORT PLATFORM - A system provides a disease specific risk reference and includes a plurality of executable item modules that each define a different elementary disease to family structure relationship for a specific disease represented as a logical Boolean operation, and an item scoring engine that ranks positively scored item modules based on a risk level associated with a corresponding elementary disease to family structure relationship, wherein the positive scores identify an existence of a given disease to family structure relationship. The system further includes a disease specific risk reference generator that extracts item content associated with a subset of the highest ranked positively scored item modules from memory and provides the extracted item content in a disease specific risk reference for review by a clinician. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103415 | IMAGING UTILITY SCORE - An electronically based utility rating system and/or method measures the appropriateness of computerized physician order entry (CPOE) requests for medical imaging examinations. The so-called “imaging utility score” or simply, “u-score” may provide comparative data to help combat inappropriate medical imaging examinations, review resource utilization, and provide opportunities for medical education and research. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103416 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACTIVITY EVALUATION - Systems and methods are discussed for providing sensor enhanced safety, recovery, and activity evaluation systems. Sensors that monitor user activity and behavior are worn by a user and/or placed in the user environment. Data from the sensors are processed to obtain a safety, recovery, and/or activity evaluation. Based on the evaluation, recommendations or adjustments to the terms of an insurance policy covering the user, the user's employer, or a facility providing health care to the user to accurately reflect the risks associated with the user, employer, and/or facility. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103417 | Medical Care Support System and Method Of Supporting Medical Care - Provided is a medical care support system for the sharing and reusing of medical information on the basis of a workflow which is a flow of medical-related services. A workflow step that was executed prior to an ongoing workflow step is selected by using a medical information database which has registered a workflow and information of each workflow step in association with medical information; and information is inputted by medical staff in the ongoing workflow step while the medical information registered in the selected workflow step being referred to; and the medical information being referred to and the inputted information are registered in the medical information database in association with the ongoing workflow step. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103418 | PATIENT IDENTIFICATION - The description relates to patient identification and consent. One example can determine that a patient possessing a mobile computing device is at a location associated with a health care provider. This example can request consent from the patient via the mobile computing device for the health care provider to access the patient's health care records. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103419 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING LOCATION OF FIXED WIRELESS ASSET IN A HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT - A system is disclosed for determining the location of fixed wireless assets (FWAs). The system includes at least one FWA having an asset tracking number, at least one mobile device wirelessly coupled to the FWA via a first communication link, and a database having information that associates people with locations. The mobile device is assigned to one of these people. The system also includes a computer that is coupled to the FWA via a second communication link and to the database. The FWA is configured to forward the data received from the mobile device to the computer along with the FWA's asset tracking number. The computer is configured to determine the location of the FWA based at least in part on the data received from the FWA and the information retrieved from the database. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103420 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FACILITATING PATIENT REGISTRATION ACROSS MULTIPLE PRACTICE GROUPS - System and method for the gathering of patient information and completion of patient information forms across multiple practice groups. An aggregator utilizes the patient information forms provided by different groups to create marked-up forms and a library of questions. The aggregator can then present ordered sets of questions from the library to a patient to obtain patient information for responding to the requests in one or more forms. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103421 | CORE INSTABILITY SYSTEM - A system to cause instability for a person supported by a person support surface is disclosed. The system is configured to cause the person supported by the person support surface to compensate for the instability caused by the system in order to exercise their core or trunk region. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103422 | HEALTH CARE DATA MANAGEMENT - Health care data is stored in memory accessible to a server. The server allows users to access the health care data, such as across a communication network. In some embodiments a biometric identifier for a patient is stored with patient information. The biometric identifier can be used to control access to patient records and to quickly locate patient information associated with a particular patient. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103423 | COOPERATIVE MEDICAL CONSULTATION AND DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM AND A METHOD THEREFOR - This invention relates to a system for medical treatment with consultation (the consultation system) and its method, designed to support several physicians located at different place and time to access the system at a designated time, share medical records on a patient and conduct medical treatment with consultation. To this end, this invention comprises the following stages: receiving a consultation request from at least one of the hospital terminals, physician terminals, and patient terminals; selecting at least more than one consulting physicians to participate in the consultation according to the said consultation request; receiving the medical records of a patient subject to said consultation from at least one of the hospital servers, hospital terminals, physician terminals, or patient terminals, providing the medical records to the consulting physicians, and conducting consultation pursuant to the registered consultation schedule by controlling communications among the said hospital terminals, physician terminals, and patient terminals; and transmitting the consultation progress information including the consultation schedule, consulting opinions received from the consulting physicians, and consultation data registered according to the consulting opinions to at least one of the hospital terminals, physician terminals, and patient terminals. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103424 | MICROPROCESSOR BASED GLUCOSE MONITORING SYSTEM - A self-care blood glucose monitoring module for coupling with a separately-portable microprocessor-based unit, comprising (a) a portable blood glucose monitoring module operating in conjunction with the separately-portable microprocessor-based unit for sensing a blood glucose level and producing a data signal representative of the blood glucose level, (b) signal processing circuitry for receiving the data signal and outputting a digital signal indicating a need for a change of insulin dose, and (c) a plug-in signal interface for coupling the digital signal directly to the microprocessor of the micro-processor-based unit. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103425 | IMAGING UTILITY SCORE - An electronically based utility rating system and/or method measures the appropriateness of computerized physician order entry (CPOE) requests for medical imaging examinations. The so-called “imaging utility score” or simply, “u-score” may provide comparative data to help combat inappropriate medical imaging examinations, review resource utilization, and provide opportunities for medical education. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103426 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A USER WITH A WEB-BASED SERVICE FOR ACCESSING AND COLLECTING RECORDS - A method for providing a user with a web-based service to access and collect records associated with the user in a secure and private manner, the method including assigning through a web site a phone number, assigning through the web site a user account to the user, associating access information with the user, creating through the web site a document for the user to provide to the service provider requesting the service provider to send the records to the phone number and granting the service provider permission to send the records to the phone number, receiving by the service provider the document from the user to provide the service provider permission to send the records to the phone number, and sending by the service provider a private fax communication to the phone number. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103427 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A USER WITH A SERVICE FOR ACCESSING AND COLLECTING PERSONAL HEATH RECORDS - A method for providing a user with a service to access and collect personal health records associated with the user in a private manner through use of a user account may include assigning a destination address associated with the user account of the user for receiving private communications from at least one health care provider, associating access information with the user account of the user, providing authorization to the health care provider to send personal health records to the destination address, receiving a private communication from one of the at least one health care providers at the web site, storing the personal health record such that the personal health record is accessible through the web site. The method may further include receiving authorization from the user to send to the web site and sending a personal health record to the web site. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103428 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTAL BUNDLED INSURANCE - According to some embodiments, a workers' compensation insurance premium may be calculated for a workers' compensation insurance policy covering a group of employees employed by an employer. Moreover, supplemental bundled insurance premiums may be calculated for each employee to provide individual, supplemental bundled insurance policies. The supplemental bundled insurance premiums may be contingent upon the employer's agreement to pay the workers' compensation insurance premium. By way of examples, the supplemental bundled insurance policies might be associated with one or more of short term disability insurance, long term disability insurance, accidental death insurance, accidental disability insurance and/or hospital accident insurance. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103429 | Method and System for creating a report comprising of a generated score directly associated to individual drivers Mobile Technology Use During Road Travel (MTUDRT). - A method of gathering data of actions/interactions associated to the use of Multi-function Mobile Communication Devices (MMCD), mostly devices known as Smartphones. Through the use of software application, mobile use determination data is collected and utilized into an algorithm for the creation of a score then reflected on a Driver Accountability Report (DAR). This report provides an assessment of the propensity of Mobile Technology Use (MTU) associated to individual drivers via a rating in the form of a score and visualizations which may be used as a gauge of distracted driving levels as it relates to Mobile Technology Use During Road Travel (MTUDRT). | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103430 | METHOD OF MANAGING AN INSURANCE SCHEME AND A SYSTEM THEREOF - A system and method for managing an insurance scheme including receiving data relating to homeowner behaviour. The data is analysed to determine the manner in which the homeowner has behaved for a past predetermined period and the analysed data is then used to determine one or more obligations of the homeowner to the insurer. The obligations may include the amount of a premium to be paid to the insurer for the insurance and/or the amount of the excess to be paid by the homeowner in the event of a claim to the insurer. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103431 | MANAGING AN INSURANCE PRODUCT WITH AN INSURANCE VALUE CHAIN - A method of managing an insurance value chain is disclosed. A specification of an insurance policy having a set of attributes is received. Sets of values corresponding to the set of attributes are received. The sets of values are derived from negotiations with stake holders of an insurance value chain. Versions of the insurance policy are generated. Each of the versions of the insurance policy corresponds to a unique one of the sets of values. An aggregation of information regarding the versions of the insurance policy is presented via a user interface of an insurance value chain application. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103432 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING OF DATA RELATED TO REQUESTS FOR QUOTES FOR PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE - This invention relates generally to a computer system and method for integrating insurance policy underwriting. In one aspect it integrates the older legacy insurance policy generating systems to on line systems where users access the system through browsers. The computer system to perform the process of underwriting, rating, quoting, binding, and booking an insurance policy includes browsers, data bases, processors and a dispatcher that parses the information to select an insurance process. Suitable software programs review messages received from users to determine if certain messages are less than a prescribed limit. If a message is greater than the limit, then the message is parsed into a header information and one or more data fields whereby the header information is provided to a legacy processor and to policy generation software for further creation of policy related information and documentation. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103433 | AUTOMATED INSURANCE SYSTEM - There is disclosed an automated management system for an insurance policy issued by an insurance provider to a policy holder. The system comprises a computer-based database for items covered by the policy, interfaces for inputting data into the system and/or database, and a Rules Engine, for checking input data against pre-defined rules. An Event Engine is configured to be actuated by a rules outcome effected by the Rules Engine, and/or data that is input via the interface. The Event Engine, when actuated, effects a pre-determined outcome event in relation to the insurance policy. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103434 | Global Maximization of Time Limit Revenues by a Travel Provider - The invention relates to a computer-implemented method and system to generate travel booking option related data, including a step of calculating a time limit value for an option to reserve a travel reservation for some period of time, without making a payment to issue a ticket, and also calculating an option fee amount, where the time limit value and the option fee amount are jointly calculated to maximize a revenue gain of the travel provider. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103435 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BOOKING TRAVEL TICKETS - A system for booking travel tickets in an airplane includes an interface, and a client server having a bid receiving unit, an evaluating unit, and a booking unit. The interface is configured to display a set of travel information (corresponding to one or more pre-identified travelers) to one or more users. The bid receiving unit is configured to receive one or more bids from the users for a travel ticket corresponding to the displayed set of travel information. The evaluating unit is in communication with the bid receiving unit, and is configured to identify at least one bid from the bids as a winning bid and a corresponding user as a winning bidder. The booking unit is configured to communicate with one or more of airline servers and the evaluating unit, and to book the travel ticket. Further, disclosed is a method for booking travel tickets in an airplane. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103436 | MANAGING RELATIONSHIPS AND/OR INTERACTIONS BETWEEN VOTERS AND CANDIDATES - The present disclosure includes systems and methods for providing an application or website that manages relationships and interactions between any of voters, members, candidates, committees, and/or organizations, Voters or members may perform functions such as view volunteer opportunities, apply for volunteer opportunities, contribute to campaigns, purchased tickets to events, respond to polls, upload content, send information to social media outlets, and join and follow candidates, committees, and/or organizations. Campaigns, committees, and/or organizations may perform functions such as sell tickets to events, manage campaign contributions, setup polls, send content to subscribers, and set contribution limits, such as those required by election laws or regulations. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103437 | DIGITAL METHOD FOR PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES RELATED APPLICATIONS - A method for providing airline patrons with a car service reservation system which facilitates car services and an efficient pricing system for customers on a flat fee, non-metered basis. The ground transportation service provider system allows patrons to rate the transportation service they receive upon arrival to final destination. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103438 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING THE PURCHASE OF A TRAVEL ITINERARY SUBJECT TO DESTINATION UNCERTAINTY - A method of completing a booking based on a plurality of travel itineraries added to a travel online shopping cart that includes processing, from a buyer, the travel itineraries and a plurality of destinations; processing, from the buyer, at least: (i) travel party information and (ii) payer information for the travel itineraries and the destinations; obtaining from the buyer, an agreement that includes: (i) buying a subset of a) the travel itineraries and b) the destinations, and (ii) a penalty for subsequently canceling the booking; selecting, by a provider, at least one destination from the destinations to obtain a selected destination; processing, from the buyer, at least one travel itinerary that corresponds to the selected destination; performing a monetary transaction to complete the booking for the selected destination; and communicating that the at least one travel itinerary and the selected destination has been purchased by the buyer. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103439 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING THE PURCHASE OF A TRAVEL ITINERARY SUBJECT TO DATE UNCERTAINTY - The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that facilitates a purchase of a travel itinerary subject to date uncertainty. This system is configured to receive a plurality of selected itineraries from a buyer, wherein the plurality of selected itineraries includes a first itinerary associated with a first set of dates and a second itinerary associated with a second set of dates. Next, upon receiving an agreement from the buyer to purchase an unspecified one of the plurality of selected itineraries, the system chooses one of the plurality of itineraries for the buyer and completes the purchase of the chosen itinerary on behalf of the buyer. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103440 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FINANCIAL MODELING OF RETROFITTING COST OF AN ENERGY SYSTEM - A system and method for financial modeling of energy efficiency retrofitting cost of an energy system. According to the method, using a monitoring and evaluation system, signals from a number of sensors positioned in predetermined locations of a structure considered for energy efficiency retrofitting are received. The received signals are compared with benchmarks retrieved from a benchmark database. Using results of the comparison, one or more energy consuming components of the structure are identified as candidates for retrofitting. Based on a normalized payback time or other rate of return approach determined by using data retrieved from a retrofit-cost database, a financing model, in relation to an interest rate, for evaluating a cost of retrofitting the one or more component is provided. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103441 | Generating Predictions for Business Processes Whose Execution is Driven by Data - A method for generating predictions includes dividing a business process model into fragments, wherein the business process model includes task nodes and at least one decision node, determining the decision node in at least one of the fragments, determining a decision tree for each decision node, determining a probability for reaching a terminal node in each fragment, and merging the probabilities obtained from the fragments to find a probability of a future task. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103442 | DYNAMIC RESTAURANT POSITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for managing restaurant crew member staffing comprises a computer having memory for receiving configuration data corresponding to a restaurant associated with a group of restaurants, first data corresponding to a projected consumer demand for items at the restaurant over a time increment, and second data corresponding to a historical consumer demand for items at the restaurant over the time increment, a computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program adapted to dynamically determine a quantity of crew members needed and a position for each crew member determined to be needed to staff each of a plurality of work areas at the restaurant over a plurality of the time increments based on the configuration data, the first data, and the second data, and a computer display for displaying the quantity of crew members needed to meet the projected consumer demand over the plurality of time increments, and the work areas to which each of the determined quantity of crew members should be assigned. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103443 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION BASED ON RETAIL INCIDENT INFORMATION - Security personnel time is assigned to a store property by generating an incident score based on a probability of an incident occurring on a store property. A set of ranges of incident scores, each range being associated with a number of hours of security personnel time, are retrieved from computer memory. A range of incident scores in the set of ranges of incident scores that the generated incident score falls within is identified and an associated number of hours of security personnel time is retrieved. Security personnel time is assigned to the store property using a processor based on the number of hours of security personnel time retrieved for the identified range of incident scores. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103444 | GROUP SCHEDULING AND ASSIGNMENT OF RESOURCES - A system, computer-readable medium, and method for scheduling use of a resource based on a resource type and of assigning the resource to an appointment are provided. A resource type definition defining first characteristics of a resource type is received. An appointment type definition defining third characteristics of an appointment type is received. Appointment parameters associated with an appointment to schedule are received. The appointment parameters include the appointment type and the resource type to be used in conducting the appointment. The appointment is scheduled for a date and a time window using a number of resources of the resource type available on the date and during the time window and information associated with previously scheduled appointments. After scheduling the appointment, a resource of the resource type is assigned to the scheduled appointment. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103445 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SMART QUESTION ROUTING - A user generated question corresponding to a product may be received at a computer system implementing a smart question routing module. The computer system may determine the product corresponding to the user generated question and select one or more candidates from a set of subscribers to answer the user generated question based on a performance metric relating to the product. The performance metric may be determined based on criteria and/or weighting factors relating to individual ones of the subscribers. In some cases, the selection of one or more candidates may be affected by whether a subscriber is a past contributor to user generated content about the product and/or a past purchaser. The computer system may cause a request to answer the user generated question to be sent to each of the selected one or more candidates. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103446 | INFORMATION SHARING DEMOCRATIZATION FOR CO-LOCATED GROUP MEETINGS - Information sharing between meeting attendees during a co-located group meeting in a meeting space is democratized using a computer that is operating cooperatively with one or more object sensing devices in the meeting space to identify postures formed by the meeting attendees. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103447 | USING SOCIAL AND CONTEXTUAL MECHANICS TO AID TASK COMPLETION - A user declares an intention to perform a task in a social network. The system allows others, connected to the user within the social network, to provide social input that expresses interest in the task declared by the user and uses social mechanics to express support to the user and to assist in keeping the user motivated to perform the task. When the task is complete, the system notifies the other users (the stakeholders) and awards incentive. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103448 | PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF - Project management systems and methods to streamline project planning, task management, time management, and other similar applications. The method includes filing a request to start a project on a project management system. The method further includes receiving notice that role handlers have been assigned to a plurality of tasks required to complete the project. The method further includes performing at least one task of the plurality of tasks. The method further includes receiving notice that the at least one task has been reviewed by at least one of the assigned role handlers. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103449 | System and Method for Optimization of Vehicle Reconditioning Cycle Time - A method and system is disclosed for measuring and managing the continuous reconditioning cycle-time of used vehicles and similar used electromechanical equipment. The system includes a central computer, having a database for storing vehicle data and vehicle status, that is accessible by any computing device that is connected to the Internet, including smart phones, laptop computers, personal computers and tablet computers. The system also provides management reporting analytics for reconditioning cycle time performance monitoring and bottleneck/problem visibility. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103450 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTATION METHOD FOR INTEGRATING SERVICES IN A CALENDAR APPLICATION VIA MEETING REQUEST E-MAILS - The invention relates to a method for integrating services in a calendar application via the meeting request functionality of calendar programs comprising:
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| 20130103451 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GATHERING, ANALYZING, MANAGING AND SHARING GROUND MODIFICATION OPERATION DATA - A system and method for gathering, analyzing, managing and sharing data from a ground modification project is disclosed. The system includes a process, a data producer interface, a storage device and a data consumer interface. The data producer interface interfaces with one or more data producers, which are located on-site of the ground modification project and produce data associated with the ground modification project. The storage device stores the data produced by the one or more data producers and received using the data producer interface. The data consumer interface interfaces with one or more data consumers, the data consumer interface providing access to the data stored in the storage device. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103452 | DYNAMIC RESTAURANT POSITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods for managing restaurant crew member staffing and positioning are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method comprises the steps of receiving at a computer processor from a database configuration data corresponding to a restaurant associated with a group of restaurants, receiving at the computer processor from the database first data corresponding to a projected consumer demand for items at the restaurant over a time increment, adjusting using the computer processor a transaction capability for a quantity of crew members required to fulfill the projected consumer demand while taking into account the configuration data, the adjustment accounting for differences between the projected consumer demand at the restaurant to a historical consumer demand associated with the group of restaurants, and dynamically determining using the computer processor the quantity of crew members needed over a predicted time increment based on the adjusted transaction capability. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103453 | REHABILITATION OF UNDERPERFORMING SERVICE CENTERS - This disclosure provides apparatus and methods for rehabilitating an underperforming service center operated by an entity. The service center may be included in a plurality of service centers. A service center may be characterized as underperforming based on a calculated health score. The health score may be based on a technology malfunction that occurred at the service center. The health score may be based on an intensity score. The health score may be based on an incident count. The health score may be based on a network count. The health score may be compared to a threshold. If the health score is below the threshold, the service center may be characterized as underperforming. A service center characterized as underperforming may be included in a chronic list. The chronic list may be mined for patterns characteristic of an underperforming service center. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103454 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING COMPLIANCE RISK OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - A system and method for assessing compliance risk of a financial institution. Data on a plurality of financial institutions is extracted from publicly available sources and stored in an extracted information database. A client questionnaire is created and separated into a plurality of role categories. A list of employees and their area of responsibility is obtained from a client financial institution. The client questionnaire is distributed to the employees, each employee receiving questions from a role category based on their area of responsibility. Answers are stored in a client questionnaire database. Data on the client financial institution is located in the extracted information database. Then, based on the questionnaire answers and extracted data, the risk that the client financial institution will not be compliant with a set of regulations is assessed. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103455 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AND INCREASING BUSINESS ACTIVITY - Systems and methods for determining relative business volume for a given time frame between a specific retail establishment and other comparable retail establishments. A database storing retail transactions for multiple retail establishments is accessed for data relating to retail transactions for a specific retail establishment. These transactions are for a specific time period in question. Retail transactions for other retail establishments that are comparable to the specific retail establishment are also retrieved for the same time period. These transactions for the other establishments are then aggregated to render the data anonymous. The aggregated data is then processed on a per-retail establishment basis and compared to the data for the specific retail establishment. If the specific retail establishment is considered to have lower business transactions than the other establishments, the data retrieved is then analyzed and promotional events designed to increase business for the specific retail establishment are then recommended. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103456 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM STORAGE DEVICE FOR PRODUCTION PLANNING - Disclosed are embodiments of a production planning method, system and program storage device. The embodiments calculate and compare, in sequence, a first running cumulative sum of the average item quantity per a regular time interval for all demands within a specified time period and a second running cumulative sum of specific item quantities per the same regular interval for only high priority demands within the same time period. When a given entry in the first running cumulative sum is less than a corresponding entry in the second running cumulative sum, demand leveling is performed. Comparing and demand leveling are iteratively repeated until no entries in the first running cumulative sum, as updated, are less than corresponding entries in the second running cumulative sum. The results can then be used for production planning in order to achieve near-capacity manufacturing and meet at least the high priority customer demands. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103457 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A HOME DATA INDEX MODEL - The present invention builds Home Data Index (HDI) models. One driving force behind this HDI initiative is that no one model or measure can truly capture the widely dynamic movement of home prices. Even within a small geographical area, such as a ZIP code, there is significant variation in property sale types, sale frequencies and sale values. To better describe these variations, the present invention presents a suite of paired sales and price per square foot index models built around an array of property transaction characteristics. These HDI models expand on the usage and understanding of traditional home price indices (HPIs) by implementing a multidimensional index comprised of four main dimensions: geography; time frames; value range; and property sales type. Several layers exist within each dimension, allowing for more than 300 different index model perspectives for a given property address. For each permutation among the layers of the four main dimensions, a model is constructed with an associated confidence score that reflects the statistical relevance of each estimate. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103458 | MARKDOWN OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM USING A REFERENCE PRICE - A system determines a markdown pricing sequence for a product. The system receives a sequence of future prices as a function of time for the product based at least on business rules. For each price in the sequence, the system determines a reference price for the product, and then determines an increase in revenue using a demand model. The demand model includes a price elasticity variable that uses the reference price instead of a full price. The system then determines if the sequence of future prices is an optimized sequence based at least in part on the determined increase in revenue. | 2013-04-25 |
