19th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110112799 | VARIABLE INDICATION ESTIMATOR - A variable indication estimator which determines an output value representative of a set of input data. For example, the estimator can reduce input data to estimates of a desired signal, select a time, and determine an output value from the estimates and the time. In one embodiment, the time is selected using one or more adjustable signal confidence parameters determine where along the estimates the output value will be computed. By varying the parameters, the characteristics of the output value are variable. For example, when input signal confidence is low, the parameters are adjusted so that the output value is a smoothed representation of the input signal. When input signal confidence is high, the parameters are adjusted so that the output value has a faster and more accurate response to the input signal. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112800 | Method for Simulating Stretching and Wiggling Liquids - A method for simulating the stretching and wiggling of liquids is provided. The complex phase-interface dynamics is effectively simulated by introducing the Eulerian vortex sheet method, which focuses on the vorticity at the interface and is extended to provide user control for the production of visual effects. The generated fluid flow creates complex surface details, such as thin and wiggling fluid sheets. To capture such high-frequency features efficiently, a denser grid is used for surface tracking in addition to coarser simulation grid. A filter, called the liquid-biased filter, is used to downsample the surface in the high-resolution grid into the coarse grid without unrealistic volume loss resulting from aliasing error. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112801 | Box-Based Architectural Design - A computer system automates the creation, modification, and rendering of digital designs of architectural structures. The system uses the mathematical cuboid—a three-dimensional object defined by its width, depth, and height—as its primitive element (fundamental building block). The term “box” is used herein to refer to cuboids. A box, once defined in terms of its width, depth, and height, may be rendered automatically in two or three dimensions. Multiple boxes, and the relationships among them, may be defined, and such multiple boxes may be rendered automatically in accordance with their defined relationships. The user may change any feature in any box—such as the width of one box—and, in response, the entire design may be re-rendered automatically to reflect not only the specific change made by the user to a particular box, but also changes to other boxes necessitated by the user's change. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112802 | System and Method For Visualizing Data Corresponding To Physical Objects - There is provided a system and method for providing a visualization of data corresponding to a physical structure, the data relating to a property that varies along a curved path. An exemplary method comprises defining the curved path by successively computing values for a position, a measured depth and an exit vector for a plurality of path points along the curved path. The exemplary method also comprises providing a visual representation corresponding to the data for the property. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112803 | Method and System for Designing an Assembly of Objects in a System of Computer-Aided Design - The invention is directed to a method for designing an assembly of objects in a system of computer-aided design, the method comprising: (i) selecting a first object and a second object of the assembly, each of the first object and the second object having interface information; (ii) computing a set of positions of the first object relatively to the second object of the assembly; and (ii) displaying simultaneously representations of the computed positions of the first object relatively to the second object. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112804 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING FINAL POSITION OF TEETH - An apparatus and method define a fit of a set of upper and lower teeth of a patient by generating a computer representation of the teeth; and determining an occlusion from the computer representation of the teeth using one or more keys. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112805 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING VISION - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for causing the optical center of the eye to align “HIGH point” of the anterior surface of the cornea. In accordance with one aspect of the invention relating to corneal ablation procedures, the HIGH point of the eye is used as the pole of a spherical surface which is fitted approximately to a portion of the anterior surface of the cornea within a “bounded region.” For corneal ablation procedures, the “bounded region” comprises a generally inverted-cup shaped region of the anterior surface of the eye bounded at its periphery by a plane which is substantially perpendicular to a local z-axis. During the operation local high points which project above the spherical surface are ablated. According to another aspect of the invention relating to radial keratotomy procedures, a pair of incisions in the plane of a “great circle” are formed in the cornea to weaken and flatten it. As used herein, a “great circle” is formed by a plane containing the HIGH point and parallel to the local z-axis. The “bounded region” for radial keratotomy procedures is defined absolutely in terms of a circle projected onto the corneal surface which is centered about an axis passing through the HIGH point and parallel to the z-axis. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112806 | AIRCRAFT FEATHERING, FLAPPING AND ROTOR LOADS INDICATOR - A feathering, flapping and rotor loads indicator for use in a rotorcraft includes a calculation unit configured to calculate (a) a current temperature of a bearing of the rotor assembly using a first calculation model, (b) a projected temperature of the bearing using the first calculation model and (c) a load exerted on a selected component of the rotor assembly using a second calculation model, the first and second calculation models adapted to calculate, respectively, the projected and the current temperatures of the bearing and the load exerted on the selected component based on flight control parameters; and a display unit configured to display on a common scale a movable indicator, the movable indicator being driven by the highest value between the projected temperature of the bearing and the load exerted on the selected component. The display unit displays another movable indicator driven by the current temperature of the bearing. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112807 | Apparatus and method for evaluating deterioration performance - When a manager uses an input device to input the inspected states of the degrees of soundness of a plurality of objects, a data receiving unit receives them as inspection data. A deterioration characteristic calculating unit calculates the average value of the deterioration characteristics of the objects based on data related to the degrees of soundness of the plurality of objects that is received by the data receiving unit. A heterogeneous parameter calculating unit calculates a heterogeneous parameter for each heterogeneous factor that cannot be observed or is difficult to observe, and causes a variation in the deterioration characteristics. A benchmarking unit evaluates the influence of the heterogeneous factors on the deterioration characteristics based on the heterogeneous parameters, and an output unit outputs the evaluation result. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112808 | INTEGRATED-MODEL MUSCULOSKELETAL THERAPIES - Anatomical structures such as the musculoskeletal structure of a knee or hip joint, are modeled using a predictive cause-and-effect mathematical model wherein parameters and interactions associated with biological tissues are examined. The model extends over nested small scale parameters (e.g., genetic or cellular) up to macro scale parameters, e.g., body force and motion. The parameter values are populated for a subject or group, and the model is operated iteratively while subjecting the parameters to one or more influences, to project changes over a span of time that encompasses adaptive changes in tissues and also aging and wear. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112809 | Photoresist Simulation - A processor based method for measuring dimensional properties of a photoresist profile by determining a number acid generators and quenchers within a photoresist volume, determining a number of photons absorbed by the photoresist volume, determining a number of the acid generators converted to acid, determining a number of acid and quencher reactions within the photoresist volume, calculating a development of the photoresist volume, producing with the processor a three-dimensional simulated scanning electron microscope image of the photoresist profile created by the development of the photoresist volume, and measuring the dimensional properties of the photoresist profile. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112810 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BOREHOLE LOGGING - A method and apparatus for borehole logging, the method comprising collecting detector output data from a radiation detector of a borehole logging tool, and resolving individual signals in the detector output data by (i) determining a signal form of signals present in the data, (ii) making parameter estimates of one or more parameters of the signals, wherein the one or more parameters comprise at least a signal temporal position, and (iii) determining the energy of each of the signals from at least the signal form and the parameter estimates. The logging tool is shorter, logging tool speed is greater, dwell time is shorter and/or resolution is improved. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112811 | COMPUTER ALGEBRA METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method includes: obtaining, for each of plural first sets predetermined input variable values, a second set of predetermined output variable values from a model to be investigated; generating plural approximate expressions representing relation between the input variables and the output variables by carrying out, plural times, a processing to calculate the approximate expression from the obtained data; calculating, for each of the plural approximate expressions, a feasible region for at least one of the predetermined input variables and the predetermined output variables; and generating display data to display the superimposed feasible regions for said plural approximate expressions, and outputting the display data to an output device. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112812 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING VOLUME CHANGE OF VOID GENERATED IN RESIN FILLED IN POROUS BODY, AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING FLOW OF RESIN MATERIAL IN POROUS BODY - The present method aims at preventing breakdown by selecting conditions for preventing the occurrence of voids via analysis. According to the present method, a database related to the time variation of amount of generated gas or number of moles when a solid member is heated is experimentally formulated in advance, and the amount of generated gas from the member and the specific heat ratio of gases are entered for analysis in order to predict via analysis the generation of voids within the resin material when the solid member is heated, to thereby select conditions for preventing voids. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112813 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING SURVIVAL CELL COUNT, AND METHOD FOR SETTING GUARANTEED CELL COUNT - The present invention provides a method for estimating survival cell count, which is able to calculate an accurately estimated result of the survival cell count of a specific strain in a probiotic product with respect to its storage period, and to shorten the time for developing the product, and a method for setting a guaranteed cell count, which is able to readily calculate a guaranteed cell count of a specific strain in a probiotic product within its quality guarantee period. The method for estimating the survival cell count is characterized by estimating the survival cell count n | 2011-05-12 |
20110112814 | REFRIGERANT LEAK DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A refrigerant leak detection system is herein disclosed. The system can detect the existence of a slow leak based on the refrigerant level and the system data. They system uses data models, either stored or dynamically created, to calculate an expected refrigerant level. Based on the expected refrigerant level and the actual refrigerant level and statistical process control data, a leak can be identified. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112815 | METHOD OF SELECTING ADDITIVES FOR OIL RECOVERY - A method is described for selecting an additive for enhanced recovery from a subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir including the steps of using parameters characterizing rock type and surfaces in the reservoir, pore geometry and/or distribution, hydrocarbons and/or other constituent elements identified as being present in the reservoir, using parameters characterizing an injection fluid or fluid mixture to be injected into the reservoir, using parameters characterizing the additive to be added to the injection fluid and its concentration; using the parameters to determine at a first level of molecular dynamic modeling the effect of the additive on the interfacial tension between hydrocarbon and water/brine or an equivalent parameter, using the parameters and results derived from the first level of molecular dynamic modeling to determine at a second coarser level of molecular dynamic modeling wettability effects or an equivalent parameter and using the parameters and results derived from first and second level of molecular dynamic modeling to determine at a third coarser level of molecular dynamic modeling imbibition or drainage effects. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112816 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL MOLECULAR STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS - The present invention relates to methods and systems for the accurate prediction of nucleic acid, e.g., RNA and DNA, and other macromolecular and biomolecular three-dimensional structure from sequence and constraint information. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112817 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL MOLECULAR STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS - The present invention relates to methods and systems for the accurate prediction of nucleic acid, e.g., RNA and DNA, and other macromolecular and biomolecular three-dimensional structure from sequence and constraint information. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112818 | METHODS FOR PREDICTION OF BINDING SITE STRUCTURE IN PROTEINS AND/OR IDENTIFICATION OF LIGAND POSES - A method for modification and/or evaluation of ligand-protein and protein-protein systems is provided. Specifically, the method involves generating a final set of ligand or protein poses based on an initial set of ligand or protein poses. The method considers a variety of tools that can be applied to each pose. Energy scoring of each pose is performed based on results obtained from application of one or more of these tools. The design of the method allows for flexibility in which tools are used, the order in which they are used, and input parameters used for the different tools. This flexibility allows a user of the method to select a level of precision desired for a particular ligand-protein and protein-protein system that is being modified and/or evaluated. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112819 | USER INTERFACE SYSTEMS AND METHODS BETWEEN A PORTABLE DEVICE AND A COMPUTER - System and methods for viewing a mobile screen from a mobile device on the desktop of a computer by operating a predefined pair of a mobile application program and a computer application program to provide continuous seamless integration of the processing of the data file as a pseudo-single session. When the user operates certain operations, the document opened by the mobile device application program is saved as a file, and automatically transferred from the mobile device storage file system to the computer storage file system. A pre-defined equivalent application software on the computer is launched and the copied computer file is opened on the computer screen outside or overlapping to the mobile device screen emulation window. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112820 | Reusing Invalidated Traces in a System Emulator - Native code corresponding to an invalidated trace is re-used in a system emulator. A first trace is identified. A dropped second trace is identified. The dropped second trace is associated with a first native code for emulating the second trace. If the identified first trace corresponds to the dropped second trace, the first native code is associated to the first trace, and the first native code is executed. If the identified first trace does not correspond to the dropped second trace, a second native code for emulating the first trace is created, the second native code is associated with the first trace, and the second native code is executed. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112821 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIMODAL CONTENT TRANSLATION - In one embodiment, the present disclosure is a method and apparatus for multimodal content translation. In one embodiment, a method for translating content includes receiving the content via a first modality, extracting at least one verbal component and at least one non-verbal component from the content, and translating the at least one verbal component and the at least one non-verbal component into translated content, where the translated content is in a form for output in a second modality. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112822 | Talking Pen and Paper Translator - A translator made up of a pen-computer and set of translation forms. The translation forms are covered in computer-readable location data. Language names and common phrases are printed over the location data in standard text. The user points the pen-computer at the name of a language to select an output language, and then at a phrase to select an output phrase. The pen-computer, which is preloaded with audio files corresponding to each phrase, then plays a recording of the selected phrase in the appropriate language. The listener may then write a response to the phrase directly on the form. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112823 | Ellipsis and movable constituent handling via synthetic token insertion - Movable and elliptic constituents are handled in a parser by inserting synthetic tokens that do not occur in the input. Parser actions can push a syntax tree or semantic value to be realized later as a synthetic token, and some synthetic tokens (for cataphoric ellipsis) may be inserted without a prior push but require a later definition. At clause boundary it may be checked that all mandatory tokens have been inserted. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112824 | DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE CATEGORY PATH FOR IDENTIFYING INPUT TEXT - In a method of determining at least one category path for identifying an input text, one or more categories that are most relevant to the input text are determined, one or more concepts that are most relevant to the input text using information from a labeled text data source and the one or more categories determined to be the most relevant to the input text are determined, and one or more category paths through a hierarchy of predefined category levels are determined for one or more of the determined concepts. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112825 | SENTIMENT PREDICTION FROM TEXTUAL DATA - A semantically organized domain space is created from a training corpus. Affective data are mapped onto the domain space to generate affective anchors for the domain space. A sentiment associated with an input text is determined based the affective anchors. A speech output may be generated from the input text based on the determined sentiment. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112826 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING EXPRESSION OF MESSAGE - A system and a method for simulating expression of a message are provided. The system comprises a network platform end and at least one user end. The network platform end comprises a message capturing module for capturing a user message; a feature analyzing module for performing a characteristic analysis on content of the user message, so as to mark at least one simulation action tag on the message content; and a simulation message generating module for acquiring simulation instructions corresponding to the at least one simulation action tag and combining the same with the message content to generate a simulation message. The user end comprises a user device for receiving the simulation message and outputting the message content and simulation instructions contained in the simulation message to a simulation device; and the simulation device for playing the received message content and executing corresponding simulation instructions. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112827 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HYBRID PROCESSING IN A NATURAL LANGUAGE VOICE SERVICES ENVIRONMENT - A system and method for hybrid processing in a natural language voice services environment that includes a plurality of multi-modal devices may be provided. In particular, the hybrid processing may generally include the plurality of multi-modal devices cooperatively interpreting and processing one or more natural language utterances included in one or more multi-modal requests. For example, a virtual router may receive various messages that include encoded audio corresponding to a natural language utterance contained in a multi-modal interaction provided to one or more of the devices. The virtual router may then analyze the encoded audio to select a cleanest sample of the natural language utterance and communicate with one or more other devices in the environment to determine an intent of the multi-modal interaction. The virtual router may then coordinate resolving the multi-modal interaction based on the intent of the multi-modal interaction. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112828 | Handheld Electronic Device with Text Disambiguation - A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood that a user intended a particular output, but various features of the device provide additional variants that are not based solely on frequency and rather are provided by various logic structures resident on the device. The device enables editing during text entry and also provides a learning function that allows the disambiguation function to adapt to provide a customized experience for the user. The disambiguation function can be selectively disabled and an alternate keystroke interpretation system provided. Additionally, the device can facilitate the selection of variants by displaying a graphic of a special key of the keypad that enables a user to progressively select variants generally without changing the position of the user's hands on the device. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112829 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING AND DECODING OF INTEGRATED SPEECH AND AUDIO - Provided are an apparatus and a method for integrally encoding and decoding a speech signal and a audio signal. The encoding apparatus may include: an input signal analyzer to analyze a characteristic of an input signal; a first conversion encoder to convert the input signal to a frequency domain signal, and to encode the input signal when the input signal is a audio characteristic signal; a Linear Predictive Coding (LPC) encoder to perform LPC encoding of the input signal when the input signal is a speech characteristic signal; and a bitstream generator to generate a bitstream using an output signal of the first conversion encoder and an output signal of the LPC encoder. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112830 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOW OVERHEAD VOICE AUTHENTICATION - A system and method are provided to authenticate a voice in a frequency domain. A voice in the time domain is transformed to a signal in the frequency domain. The first harmonic is set to a predetermined frequency and the other harmonic components are equalized. Similarly, the amplitude of the first harmonic is set to a predetermined amplitude, and the harmonic components are also equalized. The voice signal is then filtered. The amplitudes of each of the harmonic components are then digitized into bits to form at least part of a voice ID. In another system and method, a voice is authenticated in a time domain. The initial rise time, initial fall time, second rise time, second fall time and final oscillation time are digitized into bits to form at least part of a voice ID. The voice IDs are used to authenticate a user's voice. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112831 | Noise suppression - A method and computing system for suppressing noise in an audio signal, comprising: receiving the audio signal at signal processing means; determining that another signal is input to the signal processing means, the input signal resulting from an activity which generates noise in the audio signal; and selectively suppressing noise in the audio signal in dependence on the determination that the input signal is input to the signal processing means to thereby suppress the generated noise in the audio signal. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112832 | AUTO-TRANSCRIPTION BY CROSS-REFERENCING SYNCHRONIZED MEDIA RESOURCES - A media archive comprising a plurality of media resources associated with events that occurred during a time interval are processed to synchronize the media resources. Sequences of patterns are identified in each media resource of the media archive. Elements of the sequences associated with different media resources are correlated such that a set of correlated elements is associated with the same event that occurred in the given time interval. The synchronization information of the processed media resources is represented in a flexible and extensible data format. The synchronization information is used for correction of errors occurring in the media resources of a media archive, for enhancing processes identifying information in media resources, for example by transcription of audio resources or by optical character recognition of images. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112833 | REAL-TIME TRANSCRIPTION OF CONFERENCE CALLS - Described herein are embodiments of systems, methods and computer program products for real-time transcription of conference calls that employ voice activity detection, audio snippet capture, and multiple transcription instances to deliver practical real-time or near real-time conference call transcription. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112834 | Communication method and terminal - A communication method and terminal assist hearing and speech impaired persons. The communication method includes generating a text by combining at least one character input in a text call mode. The text is converted to a speech, and the converted speech is transmitted to a counterparty terminal. The communication terminal of the present invention is capable of converting the text input by the user to a speech signal for the counterparty terminal and converting the speech signal received from the counterparty terminal to a text such that it is possible for the user to conduct a communication with the counterparty regardless of whether the counterparty is a hearing or speech impaired or whether the counterparty's terminal supports the text call service, resulting in reduction of the text call service implementation complexity and improvement of user convenience. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112835 | COMMENT RECORDING APPARATUS, METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A comment recording apparatus, including a voice input device and a voice output device for recording and playing back comment voice, includes a voice obtaining unit, a voice recognition unit, a morphological analysis unit, and a display generation unit. The voice obtaining unit obtains comment voice as voice data, and registers the obtained voice data to a voice database for each topic specified by a topic specification device and each comment-delivered participant identified from the voice data. The voice recognition unit conducts a voice recognition process on the voice data to obtain text information. The morphological analysis unit conducts a morphological analysis on the text information, and registers a keyword extracted from words obtained by the morphological analysis unit to a keyword database with topic and comment-delivered participant along with voice. The display generation unit displays the keyword in a matrix while relating the keyword to a topic and a comment-delivering participant. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112836 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONVERTING SPEECH - Electronic device and method for obtaining a digital speech signal and a control command relating to the digital speech signal while obtaining the digital speech signal, and for temporally associating the control command with a substantially corresponding time instant in the digital speech signal to which the control command was directed, wherein the control command determines one or more punctuation marks or another, optionally symbolic, elements to be at least logically positioned at a text location corresponding to the communication instant relative to the digital speech signal so as to cultivate the speech to text conversion procedure. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112837 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONVERTING SPEECH - Electronic device and method for speech to text conversion procedure, wherein the overall conversion result may include smaller portions with multiple conversion options that are audibly and optionally visually or tactilely reproduced for user confirmation, thereby resulting enhanced conversion accuracy with minimal additional effort by the user. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112838 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOW OVERHEAD VOICE AUTHENTICATION - A system and method are provided to authenticate a voice in a frequency domain. A voice in the time domain is transformed to a signal in the frequency domain. The first harmonic is set to a predetermined frequency and the other harmonic components are equalized. Similarly, the amplitude of the first harmonic is set to a predetermined amplitude, and the harmonic components are also equalized. The voice signal is then filtered. The amplitudes of each of the harmonic components are then digitized into bits to form at least part of a voice ID. In another system and method, a voice is authenticated in a time domain. The initial rise time, initial fall time, second rise time, second fall time and final oscillation time are digitized into bits to form at least part of a voice ID. The voice IDs are used to authenticate a user's voice. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112839 | COMMAND RECOGNITION DEVICE, COMMAND RECOGNITION METHOD, AND COMMAND RECOGNITION ROBOT - A command recognition device includes: an utterance understanding unit that determines or selects word sequence information from speech information; speech confidence degree calculating unit that calculates degree of speech confidence based on the speech information and the word sequence information; a phrase confidence degree calculating unit that calculates a degree of phrase confidence based on image information and phrase information included in the word sequence information; and a motion control instructing unit that determines whether a command of the word sequence information should be executed based on the degree of speech confidence and the degree of phrase confidence. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112840 | SYNTHETIC SOUND GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A synthetic sound generation method for generating a synthetic sound for making a listener recall an image of an actual sound signal which is a sound signal other than a speech signal and of which the listener knows what sound the actual sound signal is, by hearing the speech signal, comprising the steps of: extracting a signal of a predetermined frequency band of an inputted speech signal; extracting an amplitude envelope curve component of the extracted signal; extracting a signal of a predetermined frequency band of the actual sound signal which is a sound signal other than the speech signal and of which the listener knows what sound the actual sound signal is; and multiplying the amplitude envelope curve component of the inputted speech signal and the extracted predetermined frequency band signal of the actual sound signal. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112841 | Apparatus - An apparatus configured to model an encoded signal to estimate at least one distribution of the signal, rotate the signal with respect to a lattice, for lattice quantization of the signal, dependent on the at least one distribution of the signal, and quantize the signal rotated with respect to the lattice. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112842 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EDITING AUDIO OBJECT IN SPATIAL INFORMATION-BASED MULTI-OBJECT AUDIO CODING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an audio object editing apparatus of a multi-object audio coding apparatus. The audio object editing apparatus of the multi-object audio coding apparatus may include an object information extracting unit to receive an object bit stream and to extract object information from the object bit stream, a downmix processing unit to receive a downmix signal, and to control the downmix signal using object editing information and the object information, and a bit stream processing unit to edit the object information according to the object editing information, and to generate a controlled object bit stream based on the edited object information. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112843 | SIGNAL ANALYZING DEVICE, SIGNAL CONTROL DEVICE, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - Provided is a signal analyzing device comprising a separate information calculating unit for generating separate information to separate an input signal mixed with a sound source signal, into the sound source signal. The signal-analyzing device is characterized by sending out the input signal and the separate information. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112844 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING HIGH-BAND ENERGY IN A BANDWIDTH EXTENSION SYSTEM | 2011-05-12 |
20110112845 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING HIGH-BAND ENERGY IN A BANDWIDTH EXTENSION SYSTEM | 2011-05-12 |
20110112846 | System and method for support chain management and trouble ticket escalation across multiple organizations - A system and method for a support chain, support chain management, support case and trouble ticket escalation across multiple organizations is invented. While supply chain addresses product delivery across multiple organizations, “support chain” addresses support delivery to customers across multiple organizations. One typical support chain is formed by the partnering organizations in support case escalation path. One or more exchanges are established for organizations to become members, and through the exchanges organizations communicate with each other using their existing CRM and trouble ticket systems. Ticket Data Interchange standards are defined to govern support chain integration. For a member organization, the exchange further functions as hosted CRM or trouble ticket system, allowing the organization to centrally manage customer or user tickets, and as hosted VRM (vendor relationship management) system, allowing an organization to centrally manage vendor tickets. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112847 | INCENTIVIZED PROGRAM - A method for providing a participant with an incentive which includes providing a web browser including a clue, an interactive content, and a pre-defined selectable area within the interactive content. The clue comprises information for directing the participant to select the pre-defined selectable area. The pre-defined selectable area has a location which is initially unknown to the participant. The method further includes deducing the location of the pre-defined selectable area by the participant using the clue; selecting the pre-defined selectable area by the participant; and providing an incentive to the participant for selecting the pre-defined selectable area. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112848 | MEDICAL DECISION SYSTEM INCLUDING QUESTION MAPPING AND CROSS REFERENCING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A medical decision system includes a questions database including a plurality of questions to be presented to a user relating to medical care, an answers database including a plurality of answers related to the plurality of questions in the questions database and a plurality of medical related information databases including medical related information and rules. The medical related information may include a plurality of medical conditions to be presented to the user for selection based on the answers to the questions selected by the user from said answers database, and medical recommendations relating to the plurality of medical conditions. All medical recommendations relating to the selected medical condition may be presented to the user. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112849 | MEDICAL DECISION SYSTEM INCLUDING INTERACTIVE PROTOCOLS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - An interactive protocol system for a medical decision system includes a plurality of medical related information databases containing medical related information and rules, a patient information database including patient information, a medical practices database including information relating to medical practices, a questions database including questions to be presented to a user relating to medical care, and an answers database including answers related to the respective questions in said questions database. The medical practices database may include a plurality of protocols. Each of the plurality of protocols may include a different plurality of narrowing questions to be presented to the user. The questions may relate to at least one of the plurality of protocols and may be presented to the user based on the answers to the questions provided by the user. The narrowing questions in at least one of the plurality of protocols may be answered by the user to provide the user an indication relating to medical practices. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112850 | MEDICAL DECISION SYSTEM INCLUDING MEDICAL OBSERVATION LOCKING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A medical decision system includes a patient information database including patient information, a questions database including a plurality of questions to be presented to a user, each having question text associated therewith and a predetermined question code associated with the question text, an answers database including a plurality of answers each having answer text associated therewith and a predetermined answer code associated with the answer text, and a plurality of medical related information databases including medical related information. At least one of the question text and answer text are locked to prevent alteration thereof. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112851 | SYSTEMATIC PAYMENT AUDITING - A systematic audit of payment amounts for collections received for billed service is performed to identify payment discrepancies. Prices are assigned to service codes by government payers and private insurance companies with numerous variations. Each type of price model and variant is stored in a data repository. The price model may be categorized and applied per facility and per payer. Payment amounts are analyzed for price and billing code accuracy to determine whether the received payment accurately reflects the pricing model. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112852 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING - The present invention relates to an assessment technique which is conveniently practiced on a computer or over a network. The assessment technique is particularly useful in assessment of health related factors. The invention also relates to a general purpose programmable computer which is provided with instructions for operating according to the assessment technique. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112853 | System and Method for Condition, Cost, and Duration Analysis - A system, method, and tangible computer program product for analysis of condition, cost, and duration are presented. In one embodiment, the system includes an interface and a processor. The interface may receive or obtain one or more attributes associated with a subject having a condition. The processor may search a database for a group of records associated with the attributes, wherein the records comprise cost and duration information associated with the condition, estimate cost and duration in response to the cost and duration information, and generate an output in response to the cost estimate and duration estimate. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112854 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATION OF CLINICAL AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - The present disclosure relates to an automated system for regulating the allocation of resources, or the dissemination of information within a healthcare facility. The automated system includes a context providing system capable of determining the state of a parameter and a facilities management system in communication with the context providing system. An integration protocol is configured to facilitate communication between the context providing system and the facilities management system and the facilities management system allocates resources or disseminates information based upon the value of the parameter provided by the context providing system. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112855 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN MAKING A TREATMENT PLAN - The present invention provides a method and device for assisting in making a patient treatment plan. The method comprises: a step of acquiring first data reflecting the self-training condition of a patient in the recent past stage, and a medical record of the patient; a step of analyzing said first data based on said medical record and a first professional knowledge; and a step of generating a training guide based on the result of said step of analyzing and a second professional knowledge, said training guide serving to guide said patient in performing the next stage of training. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112856 | MEDICAL IMAGING PROCEDURES AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING MEDICAL IMAGING PROCEDURES - A method for managing a plurality of medical imaging procedures. The method comprises associating a machine readable tag with each of a plurality of patients designated for a plurality of medical imaging procedures, monitoring a progress of at least one of the plurality of patients in a respective the medical imaging procedure, and managing at least one medical imaging resource for performing the plurality of medical imaging procedures according to the progress. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112857 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING AND MONITORING PATIENT COMPLIANCE WITH MEDICAL DEVICE USAGE PRESCRIPTION - A computer-implemented method for tracking and monitoring a patient's compliance with a medical device usage prescription for a medical device is disclosed. This method and system includes the steps of: (a) providing a minimum medical device usage compliance value for the medical device for a predetermined compliance period; (b) providing the quantity of compliance periods in a measurement cycle; and (c) determining a compliance period value as the number of compliance periods in the measurement cycle in which an actual medical device usage value is at least equal to the minimum medical device usage compliance value. In another embodiment, the method also includes: providing a weighting factor, and applying the weighting factor to at least one actual medical device session usage value. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112858 | CONNECTING PATIENTS WITH EMERGENCY/URGENT HEALTH CARE - A computer network-based service provides search capabilities and mechanisms for connecting potential patients with emergency, urgent, and convenient care facilities. Patients make informed decisions regarding their treatment options by reviewing search results regarding facility wait times, geographic proximities of facilities, quality ratings of facilities for particular specialties, etc. Upon selecting a facility, patients may electronically transmit a notification to the facility indicating their medical condition(s) and estimated arrival time. The facility may approve or deny the treatment request by sending an electronic response. The facility may also request further information to triage the patient before his/her actual arrival and/or may provide instructions to assist the patient while en route. Navigation satellite systems may identify the patient's location for processing search requests and determining the proximity of facilities. Further, contact mechanisms, e.g., phone numbers, for contacting facilities directly may be accessed from the search service and tracked. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112859 | HEALTHCARE CLAIMS LOSS CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method for controlling healthcare claim payment losses including accessing information about a claim after a payer is prepared to pay, but prior to payment, evaluating the information including at least one of determining indications of fraud, validating service coding and editing as indicated, identifying possible payment discounts, and developing analytics indicative of risk for future claims, and providing loss control recommendations based at least partially on the evaluation, prior to paying the claim. Also a loss control system for healthcare claims with a loss control engine and a database in communication with the loss control engine, wherein the loss control engine accesses information about healthcare claims from the database after the claims have been processed for payment and wherein the loss control engine further analyses the claims for potential cost savings and returns a loss control recommendation for each claim to the database before payment of the respective claim. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112860 | MEDICAL TREATMENT MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and system is provided for monitoring the treatment of one or more patients with one or more medications. A medical treatment plan is defined as a set of data elements stored in a database and representative of a patient configuration file. The data elements are translated into a sequence of prompt and record events, which are communicated to one or more remote monitoring devices. Patient response data, supplied by the patients in response to the events and relating at least in part to a record of the intake of the medication by the patient, are obtained, recorded, and uploaded into the database. The patient response data are correlated with additional data relating to patient health or economic outcomes, for example using statistical analysis and data mining. The correlation can be used to adjust dosing recommendations to improve clinical outcome, reduce side-effects, and eliminate drug interactions. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112861 | CALORIE CONSUMPTION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, CALORIE CONSUMPTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides a calorie consumption assistance system for assisting user's calorie consumption so that the user's calorie consumption in a certain time period can more efficiently reach a target amount. A calorie consumption assistance system ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110112862 | System and Method for Securely Managing and Storing Individually Identifiable Information in Web-Based and Alliance-Based Networks - Embodiments of a secure method to access a de-identified database on a website are described. A care alliance is formed between a patient and a care provider. A dual-portal web-based system is implemented that provides healthcare related information to healthcare users through a first website, and registry/management tools to care providers through a second website. No identifiable fields relating to the user are stored or accessible in the database of the first website. All user information is de-identified by total exclusion from the database. A re-identification process allows an authorized care provider view his or her clients in combination with registered personal information from the system. An alliance-based identification key is used to index both the individually identifiable information and the personal health data/information that are stored in separate databases. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112863 | ROUTING A REMOTE TREATMENT PLAN REQUEST - In a method for routing a remote treatment plan request, a treatment plan request is received. The treatment plan request includes patient identification information for a patient, the treatment plan request for requesting creating of a treatment plan for use in radiation therapy. Patient files corresponding to the patient are received, the patient files including information for use in creating the treatment plan. Receiving the patient files includes interfacing with an electronic medical record system, retrieving the patient files corresponding to the patient, bundling the patient files, and transferring bundled files to a server. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112864 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR THE COMPARISON OF INDIVIDUAL GENOME, TRANSCRIPTOME, PROTEOME, EPIGENOME, AND METABOLOME DATA WITH DATA FROM BONEMARROW DONOR REGISTERS AND BLOOD BANKS, UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD BANKS AND TISSUE BANKS - The invention relates to a system for the automatic, rapid and dynamic allocation of biological cells for transplantation, therapy, or research purposes between collection centers or banks (storage sites) and hospitals, transplant centers or research facilities, and for monitoring and supporting the processes from request transmission up to delivery of a cell preparation suitable for allogeneic transplantation, via the use of allocated preparations up to tracking the results in the patient and providing these data for statistical and other purposes, as well as assigning molecular-diagnostic results of individuals with the aim of verifying options—even in advance—of transplantations among the inventory of registers or banks. Using said system, it is possible for the first time—even in advance and online and with automatic retries—to propose complete solutions in the form of transplantations in specific and individual cases. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112865 | Method and System for Extracting Medical Information for Presentation to Medical Providers on Mobile Terminals - A system for providing medical providers with medical records accessible from a mobile terminal in one embodiment comprises reformatting the information in a medical record database to be used with large, ergonomic icons allowing easy transitions between pages of information in the medical record. Docking stations or wireless networks may enable the mobile terminal to access the medical records. Thus, the medical provider may have bedside access to the information in the medical records to make informed decisions about treatment regimens. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112866 | System And Method For Monetized Electronic Mobile Commerce - A system and method for optimizing mobile commerce relates to delivering user applications and interactive content and tracking systems, along with paid content, to a user mobile appliance at a location-based merchant's place of business. This enables location-based merchants to automate business administrative tasking, commerce transaction management, and customer service while increasing revenue generation on behalf of their enterprise, their clients and/or related third parties. The system may securely authenticate, admit, process, profile, aggregate and archive information inputted directly by the client at the merchant's place of business, or in advance of the client's arrival to the merchant's place of business. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112867 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING DISTRIBUTED DIGITAL MEDICAL DATA - A network for mediating the peer-to-peer transfer of digital patient medical data includes a plurality of distributed agents each associated with a health care provider and connected to a central system. Periodically the agents collect local information relating to patient medical files and/or data streams, for example diagnostic images and associated reports, and process that information into metadata files acting as pointers to the original files. The metadata files are transmitted to the central system where they are parsed and the attributes are stored on the central system in patient records with records from the same patient grouped together whenever possible. Registered users can search the central system, even in the absence of a unique identifier, to identify patient records pointing to the remote patient medical files. Upon finding a patient medical file, the invention provides a streamlined process for communicating access authorization from the patient to the hospital or facility storing the medical files. Once patient authorization is received, secure processes are provided for transferring the data in its entirety to or for viewing by the user in a peer-to-peer fashion. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112868 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING DISTRIBUTED DIGITAL MEDICAL DATA - A network for mediating the peer-to-peer transfer of digital patient medical data includes a plurality of distributed agents each associated with a health care provider and connected to a central system. Periodically the agents collect local information relating to patient medical files and/or data streams, for example diagnostic images and associated reports, and process that information into metadata files acting as pointers to the original files. The metadata files are transmitted to the central system where they are parsed and the attributes are stored on the central system in patient records with records from the same patient grouped together whenever possible. Registered users can search the central system, even in the absence of a unique identifier, to identify patient records pointing to the remote patient medical files. Upon finding a patient medical file, the invention provides a streamlined process for communicating access authorization from the patient to the hospital or facility storing the medical files. Once patient authorization is received, secure processes are provided for transferring the data in its entirety to or for viewing by the user in a peer-to-peer fashion. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112869 | ONLINE TRANSACTION HOSTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An invention is disclosed relating to an apparatus and method for hosting transactions over a network such as the Internet. Sellers post offers to sell under a listing belonging to an organized database of listings. Likewise, buyers post offers to buy. A matching module selects offers to sell and matches them to offers to buy based on a predefined criteria. Before posting offers to sell or buy, buyers and sellers may be presented with data concerning the market for the product that is the subject of the offer. A sale is consummated between the buyer and seller of the matched offer to buy and offer to sell. Consummation may include assessing the risk of fraud posed by the matched buyer and matched seller. Fees may be charged to the matched buyer, the matched seller, or both as insurance against fraud. Payment may be made by the buyer directly to the seller or to a host hosting the apparatus and method for conducting the transaction. Payment is forwarded to the seller by the host upon confirmation by the buyer that a product has been received in good order. An automated, or partially automated, dispute resolution process may resolve disputed transactions. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112870 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADMINISTERING TELEMATICS BASED REINSURANCE POOLS - A data processing system includes a processor that is configured for determining a percentage share to assign a share of relative risk in an insurance pool between an insurer, a first safety vendor and at least one other safety vendor. The processor is further configured to allocate portions of the insurance pool among the insurer and the safety vendors according to the determined shares assigned to the insurer and the safety vendors, to aggregate by the insurer loss information related to the insurance pool, and transmit the loss information to the safety vendors. Also, the processor is configured to allocate portions of a claim liability or a received premium associated with the insurance pool among the insurer and the safety vendors according to the determined shares assigned to the insurer and the safety vendors. The data processing system also includes a memory for storing the determined shares assigned to the insurer and the safety vendors. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112871 | HEALTH CARE BENEFITS CLAIMS REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods are provided herein that provide for health care pricing analysis and recommendation. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112872 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING AN INSURANCE SCHEME - A method of managing an insurance policy includes storing in a memory a policy inception interest rate level which is an interest rate level payable on debt of the insured person. After the policy inception an interest rate level payable on debt of the insured person at that time is determined and compared with the inception interest rate level. If the determined interest rate level is higher than the inception interest rate level then a debt protector amount to be paid to the insured person is calculated and on the occurrence of an insured event the debt protector amount is paid to the insured person or their nominated beneficiary. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112873 | System and Method for Electronically Monitoring, Alerting, and Evaluating Changes in a Health Care Payor Policy - In one or more embodiments, a contract management system provides an alert sub-utility that includes web-based data mining tools to automatically detect changes to a carrier's website and a notification sub-utility for packaging and communicating these changes. These data mining tools parse through XML tags nested within a tree of the carrier's website and determine whether any changes have been made to the web document. These XML tags allow the data mining tool to focus its efforts in extracting particular data of interest. Once the changes of interest have been extracted, the notification sub-utility of one or more embodiments of the present invention creates and communicates an alert to the healthcare provider. The methods and systems of one or more preferred embodiments provide healthcare providers with a more focused and timely alert of changes to a carrier's policy. Further, they provide the health care provider with historical revenue data in combination with the policy change alerts. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112874 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN INSURANCE POLICY HAVING DORMANCY FEATURES - An insurance policy having a dormancy provision is provided in which the dormancy provision enables a policyholder to activate and deactivate benefits provided under the insurance policy. Also provided is a method for enabling a holder of an insurance policy with a dormancy provision to activate and deactivate benefits of an insurance policy, and includes purchasing an insurance policy having a dormancy provision and a set of associated benefits, paying premiums to maintain the set of benefits in an active state, deactivating the set of benefits; paying dormancy premiums to maintain the set of deactivated benefits in a deactivated state, and reactivating the set of deactivated benefits. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112875 | SITE SURVEY AND INSTALLATION FOR REMOTE FACILITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Methods, systems, apparatuses and/or computer program products are directed to a site survey tool for streamlining installation of a remote facility management system. The site survey tool includes at least one module to receive site survey information about a facility where components of the remote facility management system are to be installed, the site survey information associated with energy-consuming operations of the facility. The module is also configured to transmit the site survey information to a control center configured to generate an installation plan and kit based on the site survey information gathered by the site survey tool. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112876 | Method and Tools for Progressively Scaling Maturity of Information Technology Organizations - A method of assessing and improving capability of information systems (IS) management in an organization using a computer system is provided. The method gathers responses related to strategic aspects of the IS management from a plurality of stakeholders in the organization, determines incongruence between the responses using the computer system, determines a change management efficiency for each of the strategic aspects based on the responses using the computer system, and provides an assessment of the capability based on the responses, the incongruence, and the change management efficiency. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112877 | Method and Apparatus for Constraint-based Staff Scheduling - A constraint-based framework models and solves the problem of assigning staff, for example a set of cardiologists, to various work-shifts or work-assignments, for example a day shift and a night shift, for a pre-defined scheduling horizon, for example three months. A work-schedule is produced, which is defined as a list of staff-shift or staff-assignment combinations that meet the various criteria set by the staff and the healthcare facility on how the staff need to work. The staff then uses this work-schedule to perform the needed activities for the amount of time specified by the scheduling horizon. The scheduling problem is modeled with the help of constraints and variables to express the physical constraints specified by the staff on their work schedules and the needs of the healthcare facility. By embedding the scheduling model within a software program, a work-schedule is produced quickly that meets the requirements of the staff and the healthcare facility. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112878 | Virtual Monitoring of Aircraft Fleet Loads - A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for virtual monitoring of aircraft fleet loads are provided. The method includes calculating virtual load data associated with an aircraft from a set of orthogonal waveforms. The method also includes calculating a set of coefficients as a function of parametric data and high frequency data associated with an aircraft. The method further includes storing the set of coefficients on the aircraft and transmitting the set of coefficients to a ground-based system configured to reproduce the virtual load data based on a copy of the set of orthogonal waveforms and the received set of coefficients in order to perform aircraft fleet management. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112879 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO MANAGE A WORKFORCE - A method for managing a workforce is provided. The method includes identifying customer interactions corresponding to an initial work volume handled by a workforce, and identifying comments within the customer interactions related to at least one performance goal used to generate the initial work schedule. The method also includes generating feedback information based on the comments to be used when generating a subsequent schedule. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112880 | ALLOCATION OF COMMON RESOURCES IN AN ENTITY - Systems and methods for allocation of common resources in an entity are provided. Various programs within the entity each utilize a shared resource. In an example embodiment, a method comprises receiving a ranking of programs within the entity. The method also includes identifying common tasks and an amount of time required to complete each respective common task. Upon receiving a set of desired tasks associated with each of the programs, a desired budget is determined for each of the programs. The method results in allocating the common resource based on the ranking and the respective desired budget of the programs. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112881 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER ENGAGEMENT IN TO-DO LIST TASK MANAGEMENT - A system and method for helping users perform and manage actions on their to-do lists tasks by making it fun, rewarding and engaging. The system and method will help users make the task of performing and managing to-do lists tasks fun by providing tools, rewards and incentives for the user, encouraging them in a socially connected way to do the tasks. The present invention further embodies a Recognition Factor for rewarding users who complete tasks in accordance with the Offer Database and Rewards Engine, and further includes a Content Database for associating media to a to-do-list task. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112882 | METHOD OF GENERATING FEEDBACK FOR PROJECT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT - A computer executable method for producing a feedback metric for use in Project Portfolio Management (“PPM”). The method includes collecting data about a plurality of project proposals and collecting data about a plurality of completed projects, such that some of the data about proposals and completed projects pertain to the same project. The collected data is then used to estimate the parameters of a model by using a maximum likelihood technique, executed as an algorithm in the computer, that overcomes a Missing Data Problem (“MDP”). The method uses the estimated parameters generated by the algorithm to create feedback metrics for use in PPM and that are output from the computer. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112883 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING THE PROGRESS OF A PROJECT IN TERMS OF ITS SCHEDULE - The invention describes a computer-implemented method and system for assessing the progress of a project in terms of its schedule. The method includes receiving project data and based on the project data, calculating a first period (PE) after which a current earned value (EV) was expected to be realized. The method also includes calculating a second period (PR) in which the current EV has been realized. Further, the method includes calculating a fraction component (EF) of a period when the current EV was expected to be realized and finally, calculating an earned schedule performance index (ESPI) based on PE, PR and EF, wherein the ESPI indicates whether the project is on schedule. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112884 | Method and Apparatus for Determining Appropriate Health Care Staffing - Provided is a method for making a schedule of a first number of people needed to staff a health care department for a first time period. The method may comprise defining a first time period, defining a second time period, providing admission numbers, providing residence numbers, predicting a total admission number for the second time period, predicting admission numbers for each of a plurality of acuity levels for the first time period, predicting residence numbers for each acuity level for the first time period, predicting the first number of people, and outputting a schedule of the first number of people in the first time period. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112885 | DISTRIBUTED ORDER ORCHESTRATION - A distributed order orchestration is provided. The system comprises a decomposition layer configured to receive an order and determine one or more orchestration services for fulfilling the order. An orchestration layer is configured to receive the one or more orchestration services for the order and orchestration performing of the one or more orchestration services. A task layer is configured to control performing of one or more tasks for the one or more orchestration services being performed. Also, an external interface layer configured to translate and route the one or more tasks to one or more external systems for processing. The external task layer is configured to receive one or more results for performance of the one or more tasks by the one or more external systems where the one or more results used to orchestrate fulfilling the order. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112886 | CRITICAL PARAMETER/REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT PROCESS AND ENVIRONMENT - A critical parameter/requirements management process model for managing a development program for a product and an associated product structure-driven critical parameter/requirements management tool and environment is provided. In one embodiment, the process includes a product structure classification scheme, a parameter/requirements classification scheme, a parameter/requirements process and maturity model, and in-process and requirements conformance views. In one embodiment, the tool includes a user interface layer, a business layer, a data layer, and a database. The user interface layer may include a product structure feature group, an add/edit/link feature group, a manage maturity feature group, and a manage conformance feature group. The tool may be implemented as a web server accessible to user workstations operating as thin clients. The tool may be integrated with one or more other product development tools, such as a document-driven requirements management, configuration management, manufacturing/production control system, problem management, and phased product delivery process tools. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112887 | CRITICAL PARAMETER/REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT PROCESS AND ENVIRONMENT - A critical parameter/requirements management process model for managing a development program for a product and an associated product structure-driven critical parameter/requirements management tool and environment is provided. In one embodiment, the process includes a product structure classification scheme, a parameter/requirements classification scheme, a parameter/requirements process and maturity model, and in-process and requirements conformance views. In one embodiment, the tool includes a user interface layer, a business layer, a data layer, and a database. The user interface layer may include a product structure feature group, an add/edit/link feature group, a manage maturity feature group, and a manage conformance feature group. The tool may be implemented as a web server accessible to user workstations operating as thin clients. The tool may be integrated with one or more other product development tools, such as a document-driven requirements management, configuration management, manufacturing/production control system, problem management, and phased product delivery process tools. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112888 | Marketing and advertising systems - A method includes submitting marketing media to a media submission system, adapting the submitted media to a specification, and generating marketing output based on the submitted media and the specification. Another method includes operating an online marketing resource system, and facilitating collaboration of different types of users of the marketing resource system. An additional method includes procuring marketing media through a media submission system, and consigning the marketing media through peer-to-peer interaction on the system. A further method includes deploying marketing media through an online marketing resource system, collecting and storing empirical marketing data that relates to specific media content deployed through the system, and correlating the specific media content to target demographics. Another method includes operating an online marketing media creation system, and creating the marketing media through a combination of rules-based input sources. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112889 | PROACTIVE DEMAND SHAPING FOR A CONFIGURABLE PRODUCT PORTFOLIO WITH UNCERTAIN DEMAND - Proactive demand shaping of configurable products with uncertain demand computes a lower bound and an upper bound on optimal profit by considering future demand distribution of one or more products, supply outlook of one or more components and customer behavior. The upper bound and the lower bound solutions are used to generate one or more rationing heuristics. Simulation may be used to determine a rationing policy to implement in practice. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112890 | SENSOR-INTEGRATED MIRROR FOR DETERMINING CONSUMER SHOPPING BEHAVIOR - A mirror system includes an image sensor coupled to a mirror, and gathers consumer shopping preferences for merchandise items. During operation, the system gathers one or more sequential images, from the image sensor, of a consumer wearing a first wearable merchandise item in front of the image sensor. Next, the system identifies in the one or more sequential images a first merchandise item being worn by the consumer. Then, the system determines a demographic group associated with the consumer, and detects behavior patterns for the consumer, wherein the behavior pattern indicates an interest level of the consumer for the identified merchandise item. The system then determines a mapping between the identified consumer demographic group and an interest level for the identified merchandise item, and produces a model which encodes the mapping. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112891 | Systems and methods for providing business rankings - The invention provides one or more databases that store information relating to professional service, such as legal services, accounting services, or the like. In one embodiment, the invention contemplates one or more databases containing accounting information, and one or more databases containing human resource and staffing information. The databases used herein, may be populated with data derived from one or more accounting systems, docketing systems, timekeeper systems, and the like. A software program may be used to access information from the one or more databases to generate statistics and other metrics about a lawyer's performance. In another embodiment, databases and software may be used to generate performance metrics regarding a baseball player's performance, or another individual performance. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112892 | Multi-location based promotion method and apparatus - A promotion system provides multi-location promotions for a variety of establishments. Establishments may define one or more zones and associate unique promotions to the zones. The promotions may be unique in that no two zones of an may have the same promotions. Users located within a zone may then receive promotions unique to their zone from the promotion system. Typically, users that are less likely to visit or make purchases at an establishment will be sent better promotions than those more likely to visit or make purchases. This is encourages users to visit and make purchases. The promotion system may comprise a promotion server or other data processing or computing device configured to receive promotions from establishments and distribute promotions to users' mobile devices based on the zone in which the user is located. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112893 | System Identification, Estimation, and Prediction of Advertising-Related Data - In accordance with the invention, a system, method, and apparatus for analyzing advertisement-related data are presented, which may include receiving data related to an aspect of an advertisement and modeling the aspect of the advertisement with a mathematical model. The mathematical model may include a control-signal-related component, a control-signal-independent component, and an error component. Each component may be updated based on at least one of a control signal, the received data, and a previous state of at least one of the components. An updated model may be created based on the updated components. The system, method, and apparatus may also include predicting the aspect of the advertisement using the updated model. Exemplary aspects of and data related to the advertisement may include one or more of the following: a number of impressions, “clicks,” or “conversions” and/or the impression-to-conversion, impression-to-click, or click-to-conversion ratios. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112894 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING INTERACTIVE ADVERTISEMENTS, TERMINAL EQUIPMENT, AND ADVERTISEMENT CLIENT TERMINAL - A method and a system for implementing interactive advertisements, and an advertisement client terminal in a terminal equipment are provided. The method for implementing interactive advertisements includes: receiving, by an advertisement client terminal, a request message sent by a service client terminal, in which the request message is configured to request information interaction with a third party platform publishing advertisements; acquiring, by the advertisement client terminal, contact information of the third party platform according to the request message; and triggering, by the advertisement client terminal, a terminal communication module to perform information interaction with the third party platform according to the contact information of the third party platform. The method avoids congestion at an advertisement server without changing existing processing operations of a network-side communication module, and enables the advertisement client terminal to detect and filter malicious clicks, to perform precise, reliable, and true charging of interactive advertisements by category, and to shield user information from a network side. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112895 | PROXIMAL GAME SHARING - A device may include a network interface for communicating over a network; and a processor. The processor may obtain a list of parties that are associated with user devices proximate to the device. In addition, the processor may receive, from a participant, a selection of a party in the list of parties. Further, the processor may send a copy of a component to a first user device associated with the selected party, start an application session by running an application, and engage the first user device in the application session, over a communication link, via the component installed at the first user device. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112896 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR JOINING PARTICIPANTS WITH VENDORS AND OTHER PRODUCT/SERVICE PROVIDERS - A method for forming linking customers with product and or service providing entities comprising: establishing a coordinator; posting by at last one of an event host or a sponsor at least one of descriptors of an event to be staged by the event host or offerings by the sponsor; and fitting the event host with one or more sponsors. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112897 | Program, System and Method for Linking Community Programs and Merchants in a Marketing Program - The present invention is a system, data access management utility and a method of generating links between local merchants and community programs, whereby the merchant may provide incentives to customers in relation to community programs. The present invention may track community programs, as well as both online and offline customer transactions between participants that make use of the incentive. The present invention may include as participants, customers, merchants, community organizations, intermediaries, and other groups or individuals. Participants may have participant identifiers, which may be linked to a payment source. Data may be collected about all participants, either expressly, or from offline or online transactions between participants utilizing a participant identifier, and said data may be stored in a data storage area. All data in the data storage area may be utilized by logic tool, which may provide information, such as details of consumer behaviour and analytic reporting. Matches between transactions and members and/or member activities may be identified by the system, and a level of certainty that the match is accurate may be determined. | 2011-05-12 |
20110112898 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING INFORMATION TO A CUSTOMER AT A POINT-OF-SALE VIA A WIRELESS LINK WITHIN A RETAIL STORE - A method and method for providing a customer of a retailer with information during checkout may include pairing with a mobile device during checkout of a customer at a POS system. Prior to communicating data to the mobile device, permission may be received from the customer via the mobile device to allow for data to be communicated to the mobile device. The data may be communicated to the mobile device during checkout by the customer. | 2011-05-12 |