22nd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090138205 | OPTIMIZED METHOD FOR LID BIOSENSOR RESONANCE DETECTION - An optical interrogation system is described herein that can interrogate a label-independent-detection (LID) biosensor and monitor a biological event on top of the biosensor without suffering from problematical parasitic reflections and/or problematical pixelation effects. In one embodiment, the optical interrogation system is capable of interrogating a biosensor and using a low pass filter algorithm to digitally remove problematic parasitic reflections contained in the spectrum of an optical resonance which makes it easier to determine whether or not a biological event occurred on the biosensor. In another embodiment, the optical interrogation system is capable of interrogating a biosensor and using an oversampling/smoothing algorithm to reduce oscillations in the estimated location of an optical resonance caused by the problematical pixelation effect which makes it easier to determine whether or not a biological event occurred on the biosensor. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138206 | SYSTEM OF ANALYZING PROTEIN MODIFICATION WITH ITS BAND POSITION OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL GEL BY THE MASS SPECTRAL DATA ANALYSIS AND THE METHOD OF ANALYZING PROTEIN MODIFICATION USING THEREOF - The present invention relates to a method of analyzing protein modification. The method of invention for analyzing protein distribution and characteristics on one-dimensional gel provides the way to analyze proteins of samples on one-dimensional gel quantitatively and provides information on interactions among proteins and further can be effectively used for the development of a novel diagnostic and therapeutic method for a disease by screening a disease marker protein. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138207 | GLUCOSE METER SYSTEM AND MONITOR - A handheld portable glucose meter, includes a glucose sensor having a sensor output related to glucose in a blood sample on a blood glucose test strip. A display is configured to display information to a user. The handheld portable glucose meter maintains information related to a depletion of a supply of materials. The handheld portable glucose meter is configured to communicate with a remote location and to send data to the remote location to reorder the supply. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138208 | IMMUNOGLOBULIN G BINDING POCKET - The present invention relates to a human IgG binding pocket comprised of a first interacting surface, which originates from an IgG κ light chain, and a second interacting surface, which originates from an IgG heavy chain, which amino acids are strictly conserved between human IgGs of κ-type. The invention also embraces an isolated and purified polypeptide, which comprises said binding pocket. Further, the invention relates to various methods of using the novel binding pocket, such as in screening for identification of chemical entities capable of selective binding thereof, and in other experimental and/or virtual methods for design and/or identification of chemical entities capable of selective binding thereof. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138209 | PROGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND PROGNOSTIC METHOD - A computer-readable storage medium storing a program causing a computer to execute, (a) extracting prediction factors from gene expression data, (b) predicting based on gene expression data of a patient to be prognosticated, whether expression levels of the prediction factors of the patient are similar to the expression levels of a good prognosis group or the expression levels of a poor prognosis group, and (c) extracting prediction factors indicating a poor prognosis from the prediction factors of the patient as poor prognosis determining factors. Poor prognosis determining factors are extracted in which increase and decrease trends of the expression levels coincide with increase and decrease trends of expression levels supposed when abnormal phenomena related to predetermined diseases occur, and the poor prognosis determining factors extracted for the respective abnormal phenomena are outputted. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138210 | FOG DETECTOR AND METHOD OF PLACING DETECTOR IN VEHICLE - A light emitting element and a light receiving element is placed in such a manner that the light axis of a light emitting element constructing a light emitting circuit and the light axis of a light receiving element constructing a light receiving circuit cross each other. The light pathway length R | 2009-05-28 |
20090138211 | Method and Apparatus for Determination of the Life Consumption of Individual Components in a Fossil Fuelled Power Generating Installation, in Particular in a Gas and Steam Turbine Installation - There is described a method for prior determination of a life consumption of individual components in a fossil-fuelled power generating installation, with respect to a load cycling process to be carried out. An apparatus can be provided for prior determination of a life consumption of individual components in a fossil-fuelled power generating installation, with respect to a load cycling process to be carried out. Actual variables which characterize the state of the power generating installation before a load cycling process are determined. A driving gear of the power generating installation which creates the load cycling process is set in advance. The load cycle time is calculated based upon the driving gear and the characterizing variables. A predicted life consumption for at least one of the individual components for the selected driving gear is also calculated. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138212 | STATE GRASPING DEVICE AND OPEN/CLOSURE CONTROLLER HAVING THIS STATE GRASPING DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to obtain a high-accuracy condition-monitoring device of low cost and small size, and to obtain a switch-control device provided with such condition-monitoring device. A condition-monitoring device of the invention, which is provided in an electromagnetic actuator including a stationary core, a moving core, magnet coils; and a permanent magnet, monitors condition of the electromagnetic actuator. The condition-monitoring device comprises a current measurement means for measuring a current flowing through the magnet coils; magnetic-flux measurement means for measuring magnetic flux inside the stationary core; a calculation means for generating a calculated waveform by performing a calculation using a current waveform representing a time variation of an output signal from the current measurement means and a magnetic-flux waveform representing a time variation of an output signal from the magnetic-flux measurement means; and a condition determination means, by finding a distinctive point on the calculated waveform, for determining conditions of the electromagnetic actuator based on information on the distinctive point. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138213 | Systems and Methods for the Determination of Active Constraints in a Network Using Slack Variables - Systems and methods for determining active constraints in a surface facility network, which include the use of slack variables and multipliers in system equations to eliminate the extraneous (inactive) constraints. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138214 | PROCESS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE CORRECT FUEL FLOW RATE TO A VEHICLE ENGINE FOR CARRYING OUT DIAGNOSTIC TESTS - A process for the evaluation of the true fuel flow rate supplied to a tested vehicle engine, in particular an industrial vehicle, the process including:
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20090138215 | Photoacoustic Doppler Flow Sensing and Imaging - A method for measuring a fluid flow includes employing small light-absorbing particles as tracers that flow at the same speed as the fluid, measuring the photoacoustic Doppler shifts of the photoacoustic signals produced by these tracer particles, and determining, from the measurements, information about the flow including one or more of the flow speed, flow profile, and flow direction. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138216 | Static and Ultrasonic Methods for Measuring Compressibility and/or Density of Particles, Including Nanoparticles, in Suspension - A method of measuring the compressibility, and/or the density, of small particles, and especially nano-particles, in suspension is described. The static method uses steady pressures and measures the d-c (static) compressibility of particles. The ultrasonic method utilizes an ultrasonic pulsed doppler system to measure the compressibility of particles at ultrasonic frequencies, which may differ from static values. These methods can also be used together to provide overlapping and complementary information about the particles. In addition, the ultrasonic pulsed doppler system also provides a way to measure particle density. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138217 | TEST METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TESTING A PLURALITY OF RFID INTERPOSERS - Method for testing a large number of RFID interposers in order to check their functionality by means of a test device ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090138218 | CORRELATING POWER CONSUMPTION WITH CPU ACTIVITY - Two or more sets of measurement data can be independently collected from causally related characteristics or elements. Such measurements can be synchronized with one another through the identification of a correct offset between their measurement data. An identification of the nature of the causal relationship between the measured characteristics can identify relevant ranges within which the aggregate values of one of the measurements can be obtained. As the offset between the measurements is adjusted, the aggregate values can change and a derivative, or other meaningful function based on the aggregate values can be calculated. The meaningful function, or subsequent functional result of it, can inform a range of offsets within which a local extreme value can be identified. The offset corresponding to such a local extreme value can be the correct offset. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138219 | Estimating power consumption of computing components configured in a computing system - Methods, apparatus, and products as disclosed for estimating power consumption of computing components configured in a computing system that include: selecting, by a power estimation module, a plurality of calibration datasets from a calibration dataset repository, each calibration dataset specifying calibration power consumption by one or more computing components in the computing system for a calibration workload at a plurality of calibration operating points; measuring, by the power estimation module, a current power consumption by one or more measured computing components in the computing system for a current workload at a current operating point; determining, by the power estimation module, an estimated power consumption for the measured computing components at a proposed operating point in dependence upon the selected calibration datasets and the current power consumption for the current workload at the current operating point; and administering the computing system in dependence upon the estimated power consumption. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138220 | Power-aware line intervention for a multiprocessor directory-based coherency protocol - A directory-based coherency method, system and program are provided for intervening a requested cache line from a plurality of candidate memory sources in a multiprocessor system on the basis of the sensed temperature or power dissipation value at each memory source. By providing temperature or power dissipation sensors in each of the candidate memory sources (e.g., at cores, cache memories, memory controller, etc.) that share a requested cache line, control logic may be used to determine which memory source should source the cache line by using the power sensor signals to signal only the memory source with acceptable power dissipation to provide the cache line to the requester. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138221 | MAGNETIC WINDING AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - The present invention provides an improved magnetic winding and method of calculating desired winding parameters (winding layer thickness, number of winding layers and number of turns per winding layer) for a winding in a magnetic component. The invention may be applied to general boundary conditions in a magnetic winding or component and considers relative phase displacement for sinusoidal and nonsinusoidal winding currents. Ratios of magnetic surface field intensities at corresponding inner and outer boundaries of one or more winding layer(s) are calculated, and considered with relative phase displacement to select magnetic winding configurations having desired or optimal power dissipation. In certain aspects, a normalized loss function f(H,R,B,Φ) is utilized to determine a preferred construction among a plurality of iteratively generated selections. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138222 | S/N Ratio Measuring Method in Eddy Current Testing on Internal Surface of Pipe or Tube - A method in accordance with the present invention includes the steps of: separating an eddy current signal into an X-axis component and a Y-axis component to obtain signal waveform data of the respective components; excluding predetermined low-frequency components respectively from the respective signal waveform data thus obtained; calculating a noise voltage value V1 defined by the following Equation (1) based upon voltage values X(i) and Y(i) of the signal waveform data of the X-axis component and the Y-axis component from which the low-frequency components have been excluded; and calculating an S/N ratio by dividing a voltage value D of an eddy current signal corresponding to a predetermined artificial flaw by the noise voltage value V1: | 2009-05-28 |
20090138223 | On-Line Quality Prediction System for Stainless Steel Slab and the Predicting Method Using It - Disclosed is an on-line quality prediction system for stainless steel slab and the predicting method using it, which can allow produced slab quality to predict in high precision on the on-line using a network based system by collecting all operation data available from a steel making process to a continuous casting process and then using them as a metallurgical calculation evaluating model through thermodynamics and statistics programs, the system comprises: a main computer collecting and storing information from a production line for the stainless steel slab; a thermodynamics calculation only computer mutually communicating with the main computer; and a server computer mutually communicating with the main computer, whereby it can overcome a limitation of a predicting method due to existing operation data and allow produced slab quality to predict in high precision on the on-line using a network based system by collecting all operation data available from a steel making process to a continuous casting process and then using them as a metallurgical calculation evaluating model through thermodynamics and statistics programs, significantly improving quality and productivity. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138224 | Methods for improving accuracy of measurement and calibration of accelerometer parameters - A method is disclosed in this invention for calibrating an offset V | 2009-05-28 |
20090138225 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CALIBRATING SENSORS - Methods and apparatuses to perform calibration of imprecise sensors for power monitoring in a data-processing system are described. The system includes a load coupled to one or more sensors. An electronic load changes a first input signal through one or more sensors by a predetermined amount. A difference in an output signal from the one or more sensors in response to the changing is obtained. The output signal is measured and sampled. A distribution of samples of the output signal is determined. The estimated parameters of the distribution that most likely to explain actual data are determined. Next, a transfer function of the one or more sensors is determined based on the estimated parameters. The input signal through the load is accurately predicted using the transfer function of the one or more sensors to monitor the power usage by the load. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138226 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING NON-LINEAR CHARACTERISTICS OF A POWER AMPLIFIER - A method for measuring non-linear characteristics of a power amplifier is described. A calibration waveform is calculated during a testing procedure period. Amplitude characteristics of the calibration waveform at the output of the power amplifier are measured during the testing procedure period. Phase characteristics of the calibration waveform at the output of the power amplifier are measured during the testing procedure period. Pre-distortion techniques are configured based on the amplitude characteristics and the phase characteristics to be used during a normal operation period of a transmitter. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138227 | Characterizing Across-Die Process Variation - Measurement of individual quiescent supply currents from multiple power supply pads located across a semiconductor die provides a means of characterizing across-die variation. A ratio is created by combining the individual pad supply current with the sum of all pad supply currents for a given die. An n-tuple is formed from the set of ratios for all pad supply currents to provide a unique signature for different across-die variation profiles. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138228 | Detection of Airflow Anomalies in Electronic Equipment - Thermal diagnostic systems and methods are provided for improved detection of airflow anomalies in a computer system. In particular, processor load is selectively increased to amplify the effects caused by any airflow anomaly that may be present in the computer system. Workload migration may be used to shift processor load from another node to a target node. Artificial load may also be generated on the target node. The processor load increased to a level sufficient that an airflow anomaly would cause a detectable temperature difference at the selected node. The processor load may be increased by an amount computed to generate this detectable temperature difference. Alternatively, the processor load may be increased by a predetermined amount of between 40% and 100% of full processor utilization. While at the increased processor load, actual temperature sensed by temperature sensors may be compared to temperatures predicted from the model to detect the presence or absence of an airflow anomaly. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138229 | POWER LINE TEMPERATURE AND SAG MONITOR SYSTEM - The combination of a temperature sensor and an inclination sensor or the combination of a temperature sensor and a tension monitor properly positioned in conjunction with an energized electrical conductor produces outputs that are dependent on the conductor's average temperature in real time. A transmitter is used to communicate this information in real time to a central location such that up to optimal or maximum power transmission is feasible through the conductor while maintaining a safe clearance to the ground. This allows for close monitoring of thermal expansion resulting from increased load as well as varying environmental conditions. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138230 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AN ELEMENT OF A STRUCTURE IN AN ENGINEERED ENVIRONMENT - A system and method are provided in which an element of a structure may be reliably identified. For example, a system may include a part selection element configured to interact with at least one positional marker having a predefined location. The part selection element is also configured to select at least a portion of a structure, with the structure being positioned at a predetermined location and orientation. The part selection element may also be configured to identify a depth within the structure. The system also includes a computing device configured to identify an element of the structure based upon the position and orientation of the part selection element and the portion of the structure selected by the part selection element. In instances in which a depth is identified, the computing device may also be configured to identify the element of the structure at the depth identified within the structure. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138231 | INSPECTION ARTIFACTS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FUSING MULTI-MODALITY INSPECTION DATA - An inspection artifact includes a central portion and multiple optical and coordinate measurement machine (CMM) alignment features arranged on the central portion. The optical and CMM alignment features are configured to align the coordinates for an optical or a CMM measurement system to a common coordinate system. Another inspection artifact includes a central portion and multiple computed tomography (CT) alignment features arranged on the central portion. The CT alignment features are configured to align the coordinates for a CT system to a common coordinate system. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138232 | MOVING BODY WITH TILT ANGLE ESTIMATING MECHANISM - To provide a moving body with a tilt angle estimating mechanism capable of estimating a tilt angle of a vehicle body with high accuracy. A moving body according to the present invention is a moving body including: an acceleration sensor for detecting an acceleration in two axial directions; a gyro sensor for detecting an angular velocity of a vehicle body; and a tilt angle estimating mechanism for estimating a tilt angle of the vehicle body. The tilt angle estimating mechanism includes: means for estimating a tilt angle in response to the acceleration sensor based on the acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor; means for estimating a second tilt angle based on the angular velocity detected by the gyro sensor; and means for estimating a tilt angle with a linear model equation of the moving body being regarded as an observer, in accordance with the tilt angle based on the acceleration sensor and the tilt angle based on the gyro sensor. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138233 | Surveying Instrument and Method of Providing Survey Data of a Target Region Using a Surveying Instrument - A surveying instrument ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090138234 | Impression foam digital scanner - This disclosure provides for an impression scanner system having improved calibration having a housing and a calibration plate of known geometry. The calibration plate has a plurality of different shapes thereon. The system also has a radiation source for emitting radiation towards the shapes on the plate and a surface for reflecting images created by the radiation on the shapes. A sensor for receiving the images of the shapes as the plate moves relative to the housing is also provided. A processor compares known geometry of the plate to the images received by the sensor and calibrates the sensor based upon the known geometry and images to reduce system aberration and distortion | 2009-05-28 |
20090138235 | MAGNETIC WINDING AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - The present invention provides an improved magnetic winding and method of calculating desired winding parameters (winding layer thickness, number of winding layers and number of turns per winding layer) for a winding in a magnetic component. The invention may be applied to general boundary conditions in a magnetic winding or component and considers relative phase displacement for sinusoidal and nonsinusoidal winding currents. Ratios of magnetic surface field intensities at corresponding inner and outer boundaries of one or more winding layer(s) are calculated, and considered with relative phase displacement to select magnetic winding configurations having desired or optimal power dissipation. In certain aspects, a normalized loss function f(H,R,B,Φ) is utilized to determine a preferred construction among a plurality of iteratively generated selections. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138236 | METHOD OF PREDICTING PHOTORESIST PATTERNS DEFINED BY PHOTOMASK PATTERNS - A method of predicting photoresist patterns defined by a plurality of photomask patterns is described. The measurement data of photoresist patterns defined by patterns on a photomask that are arranged similar to the photomask patterns are provided. A physical optical kernel and a mathematical load kernel as a part of a Gaussian distribution function or other distribution function or as a combined function including a part of a Gaussian distribution function or other distribution function are provided. The optimal values of the parameters of the mathematical load kernel are determined by fitting the experiment data with a simulation based on the graphic data of the patterns on the photomask and the kernels. Photoresist patterns defined by the photomask patterns are simulated based on the graphic data of the photomask patterns, the physical optical kernel, and the mathematical load kernel with the optimal values of the parameters determined. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138237 | Run-Time Characterization of On-Demand Analytical Model Accuracy - A method of determining accuracy of predicted system behavior can include creating a plurality of noise adjusted analytical models, wherein each noise adjusted analytical model is associated with a set of predefined analytical model parameters. A set of inferred analytical model parameters for each noise adjusted analytical model can be derived. Each set of inferred analytical model parameters can depend upon a current noise adjusted analytical model and each prior noise adjusted analytical model. For each set of inferred analytical model parameters, a measure of error between the set of inferred analytical model parameters and the set of predefined analytical model parameters associated with the noise adjusted analytical model from which the set of inferred analytical model parameters was derived can be determined. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138238 | Sequential fixed-point quantile estimation - Disclosed are method and apparatus for calculating a quantile estimate of a data stream. A quantile estimate is calculated iteratively by calculating a first quantile estimate and then calculating a second quantile estimate by adding a first update increment to the first estimate. A first observation sample is acquired. A first quantile estimate and a first standard deviation estimate are set to the sample quantile and the sample standard deviation of the first observation sample. A second observation sample is then acquired. A second standard deviation estimate is calculated based at least in part on the first standard deviation estimate and the sample standard deviation of the second observation sample. A first update increment is calculated based at least in part on the second observation sample and based at least in part on the product of the second standard deviation estimate times a log odds ratio function. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138239 | DETERMINING OVERALL NETWORK HEALTH AND STABILITY - A network health analyzer that analyzes health of a computer network may be implemented in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. A network profile comprising an issue profile and one or more benchmarks appropriate for the network is determined. A set of numeric measures that is common to all issues in the issue profile is established. The network health analyzer collects data points pertaining to the operation of the network. Based on the data points, numeric values corresponding to the numeric measures may be calculated. In turn, health indexes for all issues in the issue profile may be determined. Based on these health indexes for the issues, an overall health rating may be determined. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138240 | ANTI-TERRORISM WATER QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM - An Anti-Terrorism water quality monitoring system for continuously monitoring a potable water treatment system and related potable water distribution network that provides potable water to a municipality, city, housing development or other potable water consumer. The system includes the collection of data from the water distribution system and from the water treatment facility and from advanced separation processes which are integrated into analytical instruments. The data collected are stored in a remote database on a remote server computer or bank of computers and accessible by Homeland Security or its designated agency. Preferred parameters of monitoring include the turbidity and disinfectant such as chlorine, hypochlorous acid, sodium hypochlorite, calcium hypochlorite, ozone, chlorine dioxide, chloramines, hydrogen peroxide, peracetic acid. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138241 | ANALOG SENSORS BUS - The present disclosure concerns an architecture for the connection and the communication of a plurality of passive sensors to a common control/measurement system, using an analog communication bus made of two physical wires only, and a method for reading the same sensors. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138242 | MINIMIZING STICK-SLIP WHILE DRILLING - According to the invention, a method for designing a rotary drill bit for drilling a cavity in a medium is disclosed. The method may include determining a characteristic of a drillstring with which the rotary drill bit is coupled. The method may also include determining an initial number of groups of cutters for the rotary drill bit, where each group of cutters includes a plurality of cutters substantially aligned along a different radius of the drilling face. The method may moreover include determining a characteristic of the medium relative to a characteristic of the cutters. The method may additionally include determining a characteristic of a rotational motion source used to rotate the rotary drill bit. The method may further include determining the angles of pitch between each of the groups of cutters to minimize an amount of sticking or slipping of the bit in the medium during a drilling operation. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138243 | INTERFERENCE CHECKING METHOD, COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN DEVICE, AND INTERFERENCE CHECKING PROGRAM - An interference checking method, a computer-aided design device, and an interference checking program determining whether an interference has occurred between components of a product. The interference checking method includes loading geometric form data of components acquired from a second storage section and checking whether an interference has occurred and evaluating a position design of the product in accordance with the geometric form data of the components that have been loaded in the second storage section. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138244 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTIVE, CONTEXT-AWARE, AND NETWORKED EXPOSURE TIME MONITORING - A method and apparatus for predictive, context-aware, and networked exposure time monitoring. The method may include storing ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090138245 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING THE PHYSICAL STATE OF A PHYSICAL SYSTEM - A computer-implemented method is provided of estimating the physical state of a physical system with known physical characteristics and subject to specified boundary conditions. The system is represented as a plurality of nodes arranged in N-dimensional space, where N is an integer greater than 1, each node being associated with a set of physical properties, the physical properties associated with the nodes together forming a vector x when arranged in order, such that the vector x represents the physical state of the system. Physical data is received relating to the boundary conditions and the physical characteristics of the system, and it is determined from the received data the relations which must be satisfied by the component elements of the vector x, the number of relations being sufficient to determine the value of all elements of x. An initial estimate x | 2009-05-28 |
20090138246 | Simulation techniques - A method for assessing wave propagation arising in a physical system by obtaining a numerical approximation of the physical system to be simulated, the method comprising | 2009-05-28 |
20090138247 | Simulation techniques - A method for assessing wave propagation arising in a physical system by obtaining a numerical approximation of the physical system to be simulated, the method comprising
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20090138248 | LINKED DECISION NODES IN A BUSINESS PROCESS MODEL - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to decision node processing in a business process model and provide a method, system and computer program product for linked decision nodes in business process models. In an embodiment of the invention, a business process model simulation method can be provided. The method can include loading a business process model for simulation, designating a decision node in the business process model as a master decision node and linking another decision node in the business process model as a slave decision node to the master decision node. The method further can include simulating the master decision node to select an output pin and storing the selected output pin in association with the master decision node, and applying the selected output pin in the slave decision node when arriving at the slave decision node during the simulation without simulating the slave decision node. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138249 | DEFINING OPERATIONAL ELEMENTS IN A BUSINESS PROCESS MODEL - Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for rendering a process model through a configuration of a unitary operational element in the process modeling data processing system. The method can include parsing semantic elements in a semantic process model and identifying different types for the semantic elements as well as different connections amongst the semantic elements in the semantic process model. The method further can include initializing a visual model to include instances of a unitary operational element, and for each of the semantic elements, an instance of a unitary operational element can be configured in the visual model with zero or more inbound and outbound connections according to an identified type and connecting paths between respective outbound and inbound connections of different instances of the unitary operational element based upon the different connections amongst the semantic elements. Finally, the visual model can be displayed. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138250 | METHOD TO ACCURATELY POSITION FINITE ELEMENT DUMMIES IN FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS - The present invention uses spring models to position a finite element occupant model within a pre-simulation. Initially, a starting position and a final position for the finite element occupant model are determined. A first end of each of a plurality of spring models are attached at a first end to one or more components of the finite element occupant model in its starting position. The motion of the second end of each spring model is prescribed using positioning parameters and/or properties of each spring model are specified using spring parameters so that each attachment point is pulled to its final position through tension on the spring models. The specified positioning parameters and/or spring parameters describe how each spring model repositions the components of the finite element occupant model from the starting position to the final position. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138251 | BIOINFORMATICS RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHODS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH - A system and method for performing a research and analysis in the bioinformatics field which associates data from a variety of experimental platforms with preclinical and/or clinical samples and subjects. The system and method allows for the analysis of data stored therein received from a variety of experimental platforms, as well as association with preclinical and clinical sources. A fully integrated medical informatics/molecular bioinformatics database/analysis package is provided herein suitable for accelerated target discovery, diagnosis, and treatments for molecular-based diseases. An identified relationship is used with a computational distribution for scoring nodes in a network built from a set of experimentally-derived condition-specific genomic or proteomic profiles for the development of new treatments, diagnoses, biomarker identification, or target identification. The biomedical research tool provides for multi-directional data directionality that allows for detailed genotype to phenotype analysis for the evaluation of new drugs and treatments. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138252 | Method and system of evaluating disease severity - A method of evaluating disease severity is disclosed. The method uses physiological parameters and a historical database of diseases to determine a disease presented by the physiological parameters, to evaluate the disease severity and developing tendency, and to determine a suggested handling order when multiple diseases occur at the same time. The method provides a training stage and an executing stage. The training stage includes obtaining historical disease data from the historical database of diseases, and establishing a most-suited math model for the disease. The executing stage includes normalizing physiological parameters, calculating a strength value of the disease, and calculating a priority value based on the strength value of the disease and a probability value of the disease being selected in order to determine the suggested handling order. A system of evaluating disease severity is also disclosed therein. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138253 | HARNESS DESIGN APPARATUS - First, the position and the length of a harness are set. Next, a shape setting function having an unknown variable that minimizes potential energy as a binding position is generated, and a position of the minimum potential energy at a bending position is calculated in the Lagrange Multiplier Method. The position of the minimum potential energy obtained by the Lagrange Multiplier Method is the optimum binding position. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138254 | TACTICAL COGNITIVE-BASED SIMULATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMMUNICATION FAILURE MANAGEMENT IN AD-HOC WIRELESS NETWORKS - Techniques are provided for simulating battlefield scenarios in an ad-hoc communications network comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of links between the nodes. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138255 | CUSTOMER FACING DEVICE HAVING LANGUAGE TRANSLATION CAPABILITIES - This disclosure describes, generally, methods and systems for providing a customer facing device (CFD) with language translation capabilities. The method may include receiving a card swipe from a presentation instrument for a financial transaction at the CFD. The method may further extract location information from the presentation instrument (or other identification instrument) and, based on the extracted location information, determine a home language associated with the presentation instrument. Further, the method may present information displayed on the CFD in the home language. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138256 | Character Processing Device, Character Distinction Method and Computer Program - Provided herein is a character processing device that converts an input character formed of an input alphanumeric or symbol to an extended Latin character similar to the input character including: a display unit displaying as an editing character the input character with a cursor attached thereto; a conversion target distinction unit discerning whether or not the editing character is convertible to the extended Latin character; and a notification unit indicating that the editing character is convertible to the extended Latin character when the editing character is regarded as convertible. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138257 | Document analysis, commenting, and reporting system - A document analysis, commenting, and reporting system provides tools that automate quality assurance analysis tailored to specific document types. As one example, the specific document type may be a requirements specification and the system may tag different parts of requirements, including actors, entities, modes, and a remainder. However, the flexibility of the system permits analysis of any other document type, such as instruction manuals and best practices guides. The system helps avoid confusion over the document when it is delivered because of non-standard terms, ambiguous language, conflicts between document sections, incomplete or inaccurate descriptions, size and complexity of the document, and other issues. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138258 | Natural language enhanced user interface in a business rule management system - Some embodiments of a natural language enhanced user interface in a business rule management system have been presented. In one embodiment, one or more rule templates in a natural language are generated from one or more prefabricated sentences. Then a user interface is created using the one or more rule templates to allow a user to compose rules for a business rule management system. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138259 | Method and Apparatus for Introducing Information into a Data Stream and Method and Apparatus for Encoding an Audio Signal - An inventive method for introducing information into a data stream including data about spectral values representing a short-term spectrum of an audio signal first performs a processing of the data stream to obtain the spectral values of the short-term spectrum of the audio signal. Apart from that, the information to be introduced are combined with a spread sequence to obtain a spread information signal, whereupon a spectral representation of the spread information is generated which will then be weighted with an established psychoacoustic maskable noise energy to generate a weighted information signal, wherein the energy of the introduced information is substantially equal to or below the psychoacoustic masking threshold. The weighted information signal and the spectral values of the short-term spectrum of the audio signal will then be summed and afterwards processed again to obtain a processed data stream including both audio information and information to be introduced. By the fact that the information to be introduced are introduced into the data stream without changing to the time domain, the block rastering underlying the short-term spectrum will not be touched, so that introducing a watermark will not lead to tandem encoding effects. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138260 | VOICE JUDGING SYSTEM, VOICE JUDGING METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR VOICE JUDGMENT - A voice judging system including feature value extraction means that analyzes a sound signal input from a sound signal input device, and extracts a time series of the feature values, sub-word boundary score calculating means that calculates a time series of sub-word boundary scores, by having reference to sound models of voice stored in a voice model storage unit, temporal regularity analyzing means that analyzes temporal regularity of the sub-word boundary scores, and voice judgment means judges whether the input sound signal is voice or non-voice using of the temporal regularity of the sub-word boundary scores. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138261 | SPEECH CODER USING AN ORTHOGONAL SEARCH AND AN ORTHOGONAL SEARCH METHOD - Speech is coded using an orthogonal search by calculating a search reference value. An adaptive codevector representing a pitch component is generated. A random codevector representing a random component is also generated. The orthogonal search further includes generating a synthetic speech signal by a synthesis filter being excited by the adaptive codevector and the random codevector. A distortion between the input speech signal and the synthetic speech signal is calculated. One random codevector that minimizes the distortion is selected. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138262 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO INDEX AND SEARCH VOICE SITES - A method comprises crawling and indexing voice sites and storing results in an index; receiving a search request in voice from a user via a telephone; performing speech recognition on the voice search request and converting the request from voice to text; parsing the query; and performing a search on the index and ranking the search results. Search results may be filtered based on attributes such as location and context. Filtered search results may be presented to the user in categories to enable easy voice browsing of the search results by the user. Computer program code and systems are also provided. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138263 | Data Process unit and data process unit control program - To provide a data process unit and data process unit control program which are suitable for generating acoustic models for unspecified speakers taking distribution of diversifying feature parameters into consideration under such specific conditions as the type of speaker, speech lexicons, speech styles, and speech environment and which are suitable for providing acoustic models intended for unspecified speakers and adapted to speech of a specific person. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138264 | SPEECH TO DTMF GENERATION - A method of speech to DTMF generation involving ASR-enabled and DTMF-controlled communications systems. The ASR-enabled system is used to recognize speech received from the DTMF-controlled telecommunications system using sampling rate independent speech recognition. It then identifies a speech segment contained in the speech received from the DTMF-controlled system that corresponds with at least one keyword associated with user-defined data. Then, the ASR-enabled system transmits at least one DTMF signal to the DTMF-controlled system in response to the identified speech segment. This allows a user of an ASR-enabled system such as a vehicle telematics unit to at least partially automate access to the DTMF-controlled system using the telematics unit, so that voice mailbox numbers, passwords, and the like normally entered via a telephone keypad can be automatically sent to the DTMF-controlled system from the telematics unit without having to be manually input each time by the user. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138265 | Joint Discriminative Training of Multiple Speech Recognizers - Adjusting model parameters is described for a speech recognition system that combines recognition outputs from multiple speech recognition processes. Discriminative adjustments are made to model parameters of at least one acoustic model based on a joint discriminative criterion over multiple complementary acoustic models to lower recognition word error rate in the system. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138266 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR RECOGNIZING SPEECH - A contiguous word recognizing unit recognizes speech as a morpheme string, based on an acoustic model and a language model. A sentence obtaining unit obtains an exemplary sentence related to the speech out of a correct sentence storage unit. Based on the degree of matching, a sentence correspondence bringing unit brings first morphemes contained in the recognized morpheme string into correspondence with second morphemes contained in the obtained exemplary sentence. A disparity detecting unit detects one or more of the first morphemes each of which does not match the corresponding one of the second morphemes as disparity portions. A cause information obtaining unit obtains output information that corresponds to a condition satisfied by each of the disparity portions out of a cause information storage unit. An output unit outputs the obtained output information. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138267 | Audio Coding System Using Temporal Shape of a Decoded Signal to Adapt Synthesized Spectral Components - A receiver in an audio coding system receives a signal conveying frequency subband signals representing an audio signal. The subband signals are examined to assess one or more characteristics of the audio signal including temporal shape. Spectral components are synthesized having the one or more assessed characteristics, integrated with the subband signals and passed through a synthesis filterbank to generate an output signal. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138268 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SET OF PROGRAM INSTRUCTIONS EXCUTABLE ON DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - A data processing device includes a displaying unit, a receiving unit, a determining unit, and a controlling unit. The displaying unit displaying one of a first operation screen and a second operation screen. Input data is inputted into the receiving unit by a user. The determining unit determines, based on at least one of the input data and settings of an OS, which of the first operation screen and the second operation screen should be displayed on the displaying unit. The controlling unit controls the displaying unit to display the first operation screen if the determining unit determines that the first operation screen should be displayed on the displaying unit, and control the displaying unit to display the second operation screen if the determining unit determines that the second operation screen should be displayed on the displaying unit. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138269 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING VOICE DRIVEN INTERACTIONS AMONG MULTIPLE IVR'S, CONSTITUTING A VOICE WORKFLOW - A method for enabling voice driven interactions among multiple interactive voice response (IVR) systems begins by receiving a telephone call from a user of a first IVR system to begin a transaction; and, automatically contacting, by the first IVR system, at least one additional IVR system. Specifically, the contacting of the additional IVR system includes assigning tasks to the additional IVR system. The tasks require input from the user and the additional IVR system is secure and separate from the first IVR system. Moreover, the tasks can include a transfer of currency and a transfer of local information. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138270 | PROVIDING SPEECH THERAPY BY QUANTIFYING PRONUNCIATION ACCURACY OF SPEECH SIGNALS - The provision of speech therapy to a learner ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090138271 | PARAMETRIC AUDIO CODING COMPRISING AMPLITUDE ENVELOPS - An audio encoder comprising a sinusoidal type encoder and an amplitude modulation encoder that both receive an audio input signal. The amplitude modulation encoder generates a set of sinusoidal components each having assigned individual parameter(s) relating to a time-varying amplitude envelope. The sinusoidal type encoder may be a conventional constant amplitude type encoder and generate a set of constant sinusoidal components. Based on an optimisation using a predetermined encoding efficiency criterion, such as a perceptually relevant criterion, the audio encoder decides which components from the two encoders to be included in an output bit stream. In a preferred embodiment only components from one of the two encoders are used. Preferably, the optimisation process is repeated for each audio signal segment, and preferably a flag for each segment is included in the bit stream indicating if amplitude envelope parameters are present in the segment or not. The invention in addition relates to an audio decoder, methods of encoding and decoding as well as an encoded signal and devices comprising an encoder and a decoder. Audio coding according to the invention provides a high sound quality for transient sounds echo effects while it is still hit rate efficient since amplitude envelopes are included only if proven rate efficient. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138272 | WIDEBAND AUDIO SIGNAL CODING/DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD - Disclosed is a wideband audio signal coding/decoding device and method that may code a wideband audio signal while maintaining a low bit rate. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138273 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFORMING A BUSINESS PROCESS INTO REUSABLE SERVICES - In one aspect, the invention is directed to a method for establishing a service-oriented architecture-based business system incorporating service-oriented components based on a business process. The method involves selecting groups of business process model elements for exposure as services, preferably using a graphical user interface, and generating, using automated means, at least skeleton code towards performing the services, and generating code using automated means to establish an interface between the first and second services. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138274 | Adaptor for Soft Earning Unit - Current systems and business processes transactions deal in hard currencies. In the complete digital world, the common denominator further referred as Soft Earning Unit(s) with acronym SEU to value the products and services will be dealt only in computing devices. The invention pertains to adopt the existing application (s) including but not limited to computing application for dealing in SEU. The invention includes system and method for adapter module which takes the stimulus containing SEU and translates it to the form understandable by the existing application(s). The invention includes the claim for adapting the check mode of payment to the SEU environment. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138275 | SYSTEM FOR PRODUCT AUTHENTICATION POWERED BY PHONE TRANSMISSION - An authentication system enabling a customer to verify the authenticity of a product in a foolproof, secure and simple manner plurality of secret sets of numbers is generated, each set comprising a challenge portion and a response portion. These sets are stored on a remote server. Each set is associated with a different product. The customer sends a challenge portion to the server, and prompts the server to provide a response. If the response matches that of the product in hand, the product is known to be authentic. In another embodiment of the system, cellular transmission is used to power an electronic tag attached to the product and carrying authentication data. In a third embodiment, the full manufacturer database is divided into separate databases, possibly related to product vendor, such that an authentication process can be performed without the need to access the manufacturer's entire database of products. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138276 | PRIVACY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING USER'S POLICY AND PREFERENCE MATCHING - By applying a privacy policy, which describes and manages a policy for disclosure of preference information, to the preference information, it is determined whether or not to disclose some or all of the information to a third party based on classification as a result of matching by a matching system. The description of a privacy policy makes it possible to achieve a meaningful communication by disclosing preference information to others within a detailed range while keeping the preference information undisclosed if the user does not wish disclosure thereof, such as disclosing only preference information including preferences matching those of the other user or disclosing only preference information including preferences shared in a certain user group. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138277 | Healthcare Transactions Management Solution - Healthcare service providers and others may send claims for payment requesting remittance from insurance companies or patients. Such payments may be remitted through paper or electronic transactions. A financial institution may receive the payment and associated information and process the remittance depending on the remittance source and type. In addition, the institution may generate a single bill generated at a regular interval for the healthcare service provider for the services. The amount of the bill may be based on the volume of remittances. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138278 | GENERATING AND MANAGING MEDICATION TAPERS - Methods, computer storage media, systems and user interfaces for generating and/or managing medication tapers are provided. Medication tapers are generated by receiving medication taper data and calculating a planned regimen that includes a set of orders based upon the received medication taper data. Each order of the set of orders may be modified, captured and/or completed, for instance, by a clinician. After a medication taper has been completed, it may be retrieved and managed as desired. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138279 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION OF METADATA INFORMATION - Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some embodiments a normal database of metadata information is created from a standardization/normalization transformation of individual data values pertaining to all the labels in all axes of normal data. In some additional embodiments, a statistical metric is established from which is determined individual label-based abnormalities. In some additional embodiments, deviation of patient metadata from normal is displayed in a visual manner that lends to a holistic view of the results. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138280 | MULTI-STEPPED DEFAULT DISPLAY PROTOCOLS - A multi-stepped default display protocol for diagnostic image review may be implemented using a computer readable medium coupled to a computer which is in turn coupled to a graphical display. The multi-stepped default display protocol may be stored on the computer readable medium from which the computer may read the multi-stepped default display protocol and display diagnostic images on the graphical display in accordance. The graphical display may present the diagnostic images according to the multi-stepped default display protocol by projecting a first display of medical information, providing an indication of at least one alternative display of medical information, receiving a selection of alternative medical information, and projecting the selected alternative display medical information. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138281 | Patient-controlled medical information system and method - An electronic medical record system and service is disclosed for centrally storing patients' medical records electronically on a database for patient-controlled remote access by both patients and medical providers. The system stores a plurality of patient medical records on a medical information database via a medical information server connected to a network. A plurality of medical provider computers connected to the network have software to communicate with the medical information server. Patients supply authorization means to allow medical provider computers to access patient-selected portions of the patient's medical record for viewing and updating of the patient's medical record. Patients can access all portions of their medical record using browser software on any browser-enabled device connected to the network, and can download and carry a full or partial copy of their medical record on portable storage media. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138282 | System and Method for Tracking and Maintaining Vascular Access Medical Records - The present invention describes a system and method for tracking and maintaining vascular access medical records. Specifically, the invention allows records to be maintained concerning a vascular access patient regardless of where or from whom the vascular access services were performed or requested, respectively. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138283 | Appointment scheduling system and method - A scheduling program and system includes a database of client information including a field relating to an appointment date. Within a range of the appointment date, preferably one week, the program cues a user to contact a patient to schedule an appointment within the next week. Three attempts are made to schedule the patient before the patient is withheld from the Loop and informed via mail that it is now the patient's responsibility to contact the office to arrange an acceptable appointment. The program further includes a method for tracking “no-show” and non-paying patients. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138284 | Integrated Record System and Method - An integrated records system and method is provided that permits rapid encounter recording via a simplified, customized, flexible encounter form uniquely generated on a per-customer basis, and additionally providing unique hand-written and/or dictated impressions. In the case of medical records, the system can be used to generate patient specific encounter forms for use during a patient visit. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138285 | Health Promotion Outreach System - Patient receipt of recommended preventive and chronic disease care is suboptimal, partly because of poorly organized clinical information and time-limited and sporadic appointments with medical providers. To overcome these problems, we provide a Health Promotion Outreach System (HPOS) based on electronic data queries, active patient-centered outreach, and minimizing patient barriers to adherence. HPOS has many advantages over traditional preventive care delivery systems and chronic disease management programs, and helps promote the type of clinical practice change contemplated by the chronic care model. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138286 | PERSONALIZED MEDICINE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE - The invention provides personalized medicine management software for determining a series of recommended doses of a medication for a patient. The software contains code to receive information regarding a combination of at least one genetic factor and personal attributes for the patient that are predictive of the patient's reaction to a series of doses of the medication. Using a predictive mathematical model specific to the medication, the code calculates the series of recommended doses specific to the patient's genetic factor and personal attributes and specific to the medication. The series of recommended doses is outputted. In preferred embodiments, the output is the form of an interactive display. The interactive display permits a user, typically a health care professional, to input actual doses and actual patient responses. The subsequent series of recommended doses is preferably then adjusted, in real time, to account for the actual doses and actual patient responses. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138287 | System and method for assigning, recording and monitoring MS-DRG codes in a patient treatment facility - A computer controlled system and method for assigning, recording and managing the additions to MS-DRG codes to patient administrative records in a patient treatment facility includes a coding information recording function and a coding communication tracking function. The coding information recording function both stores and facilitates communication between a patient administrative record coder and an attending physician to assure the timely assignment of an accurate attending physician approved MS-DRG code to a patient administrative record. The coding communication tracking function enables the coder, the attending physician and the management of the health care facility to monitor the status of communication between the coder and the attending physician regarding the assignment of an MS-DRG code to a patient administrative record. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138288 | Best system of health & health-care data management - A method of using interactive and related electronic templates created, maintain and operate by an innovative computer program for generating, storing, relating, manipulating, updating and expanding health, health-care and health-care service information and data on patients by patients, physicians and pharmacists. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138289 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING AND ANTICIPATING ADVERSE DRUG EVENTS - The present invention is a system and method for anticipating potential Adverse Drug Events (ADE) in a patient's medication regimen by integrating data typically located in laboratory and pharmacy information systems and filtering the data using predefined criteria. The present invention includes a system for anticipating a possible ADE through the use of a search engine that compares integrated data from laboratory and pharmacy information systems and compares it to predefined ADE rules defining normal ranges for a particular laboratory test. If an abnormal test value is received and a drug in the patient's medication regimen satisfies a drug included in an ADE rule then an alert procedure is triggered which allows for a period of time wherein the patient's lab and pharmacy data is monitored in order to determine if a proper corrective action is undertaken, and if no corrective action or an improper corrective action is taken within that period of time, the healthcare provider is warned of a potential ADE. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138290 | INSURANCE ADJUSTMENT THROUGH DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - This invention relates generally to insurance adjusting and damage appraisal, and more specifically, to systems and methods for insurance adjustment and damage appraisal through digital imaging. In one embodiment, the invention includes a method for providing an insurance adjustment or damage appraisal, which includes the steps of a user generating an image of a damaged vehicle, sending the image to an image processing center, comparing the image to an image of a similar undamaged vehicle, which is stored in a database, and generating a damage appraisal or insurance adjustment based on differences in the depicted vehicles. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138291 | Systems, Methods and Devices for Online Reservation Inquiries - The present invention pertains to systems, methods and devices for online reservation inquiries of individual shares of an item. The system has a server that makes available a 3D graphic model of the item as well as reservation statuses of the shares of the item for inquiries, and a client computer for displaying the 3D graphic model on a user screen from an arbitrarily changeable perspective. The 3D graphic model of the item contains a graphic object for each share that is spatially related to this share in the 3D graphic model. The server transmits the 3D graphic model of the item and the reservation statuses of the shares of the item to the client computer in response to respective inquiries. The manner in which each graphic object is displayed in the arbitrarily changeable perspective of the 3D graphic model is defined by the reservation status of the share to which it is related. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138292 | DRIVING SOFTWARE PRODUCT CHANGES BASED ON USAGE PATTERNS GATHERED FROM USERS OF PREVIOUS PRODUCT RELEASES - The present invention discloses an end-to-end software development system that includes multiple computing devices, a network data store, and a usage reporting engine. Each of the computing devices can execute a software product that is configured to automatically log usage information on a feature-by-feature basis. The network data store can aggregate logged usage information obtained from the computing devices. The usage report engine can analyze data of the network data store and can generate feature-by-feature usage reports. These reports can be used to focus a software development effort on user desired features and/or upon previous software product shortcomings. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138293 | SOLUTION THAT AUTOMATICALLY RECOMMENDS DESIGN ASSETS WHEN MAKING ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN DECISIONS FOR INFORMATION SERVICES - The present invention discloses a system that provides automated guidance for making architectural decisions when designing information services in a service-oriented architecture (SOA). Such a system can include a requirements manager, a reusable asset repository, and an asset advisory tool. The requirements manager can be configured to capture non-functional requirements for information services. The reusable asset repository can be configured to store design assets. The design assets can be stored according to a unique data model that associates each design asset with a non-functional requirement. The asset advisory tool can be configured to determine a list of recommended design assets for a user-selected non-functional requirement and document the architectural decision made from the list of recommended design assets. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138294 | AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF EXECUTABLE COMPONENTS FROM BUSINESS PROCESS MODELS - Exemplary embodiments provide a computer implemented method, system and computer usable program code for automatically generating executable components from a process model. An input is received, wherein the input comprises a model that describes activities that needs to be performed as part of a business operation, a sequencing of the activities, and input and output data of the activities, forming a process model. A model of a set of connected business artifacts based on the process model, forming a business operation model, is generated. The business operation model is saved. The business operation model is displayed to a user. Executable components definitions based on the business operation model are generated. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138295 | Generating a Single Billing Record for Multiple Sessions in a Network Environment - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a plurality of communication sessions of a transaction associated with a postpaid end user. The method includes associating the plurality of communication sessions with the transaction and extracting data from the plurality of communication sessions associated with the transaction. The method includes generating a single billing record after the transaction is completed, the single billing record comprising the extracted data from the plurality of communication sessions associated with the transaction. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138296 | CONTEXT-BASED REALTIME ADVERTISING - A method and a system for context-based real-time advertising are provided. In example embodiments, a document content that is displayed to a user may be analyzed and keywords may be identified. Selected listings from a publication system may be received; the selected listings may be selected using the keywords. The system may detect user events associated with the keywords and, in response to the detection of the user events, display information related to the listings while maintaining the displaying of the document content. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138297 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FACILITATE CONSTRUCTIVE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN VENDORS AND CUSTOMERS - Electronic systems for facilitating a vendor-customer association are described herein where contemplated systems comprise: a computer comprising a processor, an executable code, wherein the code is accessed and run on the processor and wherein the code comprises: an information-gathering function that processes information about the vendor and the customer, a security function that creates a unique identifier assigned to the vendor, customer or combination thereof and creates a profile for the vendor, customer or combination thereof, a sorting function, wherein the sorting function reviews the profile of the customer and the vendor, and a contact function, wherein the contact function contacts the vendor, customer or combination thereof depending on a set of contact settings for that individual or business vendor, customer or combination thereof. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138298 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A FACT SHEET USED FOR MANAGING THE BUSINESS CONFIGURATION VIEWS - Disclosed is a system and a method for generating a fact sheet for managing the business configuration views. A business configuration view is the user interface for maintaining business configuration sets, the business configuration view which consists of one or more screens. The business configuration set is a set of reusable configuration parameters. The business configuration view can be modeled and provided as a business option. A fact sheet is generated based on this business option and the modeled business configuration view. The fact sheet may have one or more sections that are linked with one or more business configuration views. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138299 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC PHONE ADVERTISEMENTS - A method of operating a communications service, including detecting that a user dials a phone number to initiate a current phone call, querying a dynamic advertising service which analyzes available data regarding the dialed phone number, receiving an advertisement from the dynamic advertising service that is selected based on the dialed phone number, the available data regarding the phone number and, optionally, other information, and playing the advertisement to the user. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138300 | OPTIMIZING MANAGED BUSINESS PROCESSES - The invention generally relates to systems and methods for optimizing managed business processes, and, more particularly, to systems and methods for optimizing vendor payroll services. A method for allocating outsourced business processes among a plurality of performing entities includes defining a hierarchy of goals from a subset of data input to an optimization tool embodied in a computer infrastructure, wherein the data includes constraints, and iteratively running the optimization tool based on the data and the hierarchy. The method also includes relaxing at least one of the constraints to generate a solution that satisfies the data and the hierarchy, and outputting the solution. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138301 | System And Method to Facilitate Inventory Forecasting for Network-Based Entities - A system and method to facilitate inventory forecasting of network traffic for a network-based entity are described. In one example, the method includes preprocessing historical data to obtain processed average data, applying modeling and forecasting techniques to the processed average data using a seasonal auto-regressive integrated moving average process, and combining the forecasting results to output combined forecasting data. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138302 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING, RECEIVING, AND TRANSFERRING TRANSACTION INFORMATION FOR USE BY A BONUS OR LOYALTY PROGRAM AND ELECTRONIC VOUCHERS - The present invention provides methods and systems for managing mobile virtual network operations. According to some embodiments, purchasing information, e.g., item, price, quantity, location, etc., may be collected using a mobile phone. The collected information may be used as part of a bonus or loyalty program. Collected information might be stored directly on a person's mobile phone. Alternatively, collected information might be stored by using the mobile phone to transfer the collected information to a server or servers. The system for tracking purchasing information may comprise a mobile communication device configured to connect to a transaction center via a mobile telephone network and to collect purchasing information for use by a loyalty program, a payment terminal device connected to a transaction center via a communication link, and a point of sale device, coupled to the payment terminal device and configured to provide items for purchase. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138303 | Activity Inference And Reactive Feedback - Disclosed herein is a method of processing physical information collected from a plurality of sensors and deducing object attributes and actions over a facility. RFID tags are applied to determine position coordinates. A plurality of sensors related to activities or objects are applied for capturing a plurality of physical variables representing the activities or object attributes. Position coordinates and the plurality of physical variables are correlated to infer or deduce the activities that have occurred. Predetermined rules are applied to recommend one or more actions based on the deduced activities. | 2009-05-28 |
20090138304 | Data Mining - Data mining techniques are described. In an implementation, one or more segments are extracted from a multivariate distribution, each of the segments describing intra-dependencies of a set of input variables. A list is output in a user interface referencing each of the one or more segments and a respective score indicating how interesting the segment is with respect to variable dependencies. In another implementation, a change is made to an observed distribution of data and an effect is calculated of the change. The change with the most desirable effect is chosen, the process being repeated until no more significant changes can be made or the overall change exceeds a limit. | 2009-05-28 |