25th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 68 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120158361 | APPROACH FOR MONITORING ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE OF A SYSTEM BASED ON CONTROL LOOP EFFICIENCY - An approach for monitoring energy consumption and detecting preventive maintenance issues in a system having control loops and associated devices. Settling time and error value in a control loop may be indicative of the loop's efficiency. Error value may be a difference between a measurement of a parameter and a setpoint for the parameter. Degradation of a loop's efficiency may be an indication of increased energy consumption by the system. Such degradation may also be indicative of a future defect in a control loop or devices associated with the control loop. Thus, the present approach may provide for energy monitoring and preventive maintenance of the system. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158362 | REMOTE ANGLE MAPPING PROCESS FOR A CPV ARRAY - Angle mapping logic for a solar array of a two-axis tracker mechanism for the concentrated photovoltaic system is configured to facilitate a remotely initiated angle mapping process and then remotely diagnose movement and other pointing errors in the solar array on the two-axis solar tracker mechanism. Deviations in power produced in a set of test points of the angle mapping process and shapes of the plotted information provide diagnostics to indicate error locations and types of pointing errors present in the equipment in the solar array and in the two-axis tracker mechanism. Information from the angle mapping process is sent over a network to a remote server for analysis. The test can be initiated from the remote server. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158363 | Method for monitoring the functioning of a field device - A method for monitoring the functioning of a field device, wherein the field device provides a complex measurement signal, which is produced from a number of individual measurements following one another in time, comprising method steps as follows: the complex measurement signals are stored within a predetermined time window; the occurrence of a predetermined event is monitored in the field device; the stored complex measurement signals are overwritten for the case, in which the predetermined event does not occur within the predetermined time window; for the case, in which the predetermined event occurs within the predetermined time window, both a first defined number of complex measurement signals, which were ascertained in time directly before the occurrence of the event, are frozen, as well as a second defined number of complex measurement signals, which were ascertained in time directly after the occurrence of the predetermined event, are stored. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158364 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IT RESOURCES PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS - There is disclosed a method of monitoring an infrastructure comprising managed units, the method comprising the steps of: acquiring data associated with a first performance indicator from a first managed unit; determining a first quantized distribution function of at least a subset of pieces of data of the acquired data of the first managed unit; determining if the first quantized distribution function verifies one or a plurality of predefined rules describing particular distribution functions of performance indicators. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158365 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING EVENTS OVER A GEOGRAPHIC AREA - The present relates to a device and system for monitoring events over a geographic area performed by means of an apparatus, where the apparatus has an actuator for performing the events. The device comprises a trigger, a geographic location module and a processor. The trigger is adapted to be operationally engaged with the actuator of the apparatus. The trigger generates a confirmation signal upon actuation of the actuator of the apparatus by a user. The geographic location module obtains geographic location information. The processor periodically gathers geographic location information and associates to each confirmation signal a corresponding one of the geographic location information. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158366 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING SECOND-ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICAL COEFFICIENTS - Described herein is a method for determining second-order nonlinear optical coefficients of a material. The method envisages the steps of providing a specimen made at least in part of the material, causing a first optical signal and a second optical signal having, respectively, a first pulsation and a second pulsation, and a first polarization state and a second polarization state, to impinge upon the specimen in such a way that the specimen generates a second-harmonic optical signal having a third pulsation equal to the sum of the first and second pulsations, and a third polarization state that is a function of the first and second polarization states. The method further envisages the step of determining a plurality of measurements of power corresponding to the second-harmonic optical signal, and the step of determining the second-order nonlinear optical coefficients on the basis of the plurality of measurements of power. In addition, the method envisages performing a plurality of measurements of power of the second-harmonic optical signal as the first polarization state and the second polarization state vary. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158367 | INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS PROCESSOR - An independent component analysis processor conducts real-time operations of multiple-channel parallel signals. The processor includes an input buffering unit for receiving and storing multiple-channel parallel signals, a mean/covariance unit, a centering unit for removing direct current components in the multiple channels parallel signals, a whitening unit for performing a whitening process, and an ICA training unit and an ICA calculating unit that perform an independent component analysis process, to calculate independent components in the multiple-channel parallel signals and separate artifacts from the signals. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158368 | METHOD OF ADJUSTING A PLURALITY OF OPTICAL ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH A ROS - Disclosed is a method of adjusting a plurality of optical elements associated with a printing system ROS. According to one exemplary embodiment, sensitivity analysis is performed on a computer model of the ROS system and an optical element alignment sequence is generated to minimize the number of optical element adjustments needed to achieve a predefined ROS performance. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158369 | SURFACING ALGORITHM FOR DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING 3D MODELS - Techniques are described for decomposing three-dimensional (3D) geometry into an assemblable collection of two-dimensional (2D) panels. Importantly, the 3D geometry is automatically encoded into the 2D panels, allowing the 3D geometry to be recreated simply by joining the 2D panels at the appropriate seams and creating the appropriate bends/folds in each panel. Further, each panel has edges, vertices, and faces which can be encoded in the panelization, allowing assembly instructions to be algorithmically generated, Doing so allows users to be provided with a step-by-step instructions carried out to realize the 3D geometry encoded in the 2D panels. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158370 | AUTOMATED CABLING LAYOUT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Automated cabling layout systems and methods are presented. A cabling assembly library stores multiple generic, design-tool agnostic cabling assembly objects representing cabling layout objects (e.g., cables, trays, mounts, conduits, etc.). The cabling assembly objects further include design rules governing the conditions of use of the cabling assembly object. Design engineers or designers can query the library to identify appropriate cabling assembly objects that would be appropriate for using within a modeled physical environment. One or more matching cabling assembly objects can be converted to an appropriate format for a design tool and instantiated into the modeled environment. The design tool can create modeled cabling layouts from the instantiated assemblies according to the design rules of the corresponding cabling assembly objects. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158371 | Method of Assisting Planning of a Technical System - A method or a software application which is used to assign artifacts of technical systems to the process steps required to produce them, wherein the assignments comprise annotations, and the method provides an editor for the annotations. A graphical user interface is also provided, which can be used to visualize the artifacts (e.g., documents describing structural elements) of the technical system and individual process steps (or entire process cycles) and to input the annotations between the two in graphical or tabular form and process them. Pre-existing special knowledge in the domain and the craft relating to plant engineering is acquired, processed, preserved and imparted using the method of the invention. The method advantageously provides effective support for document and configuration management, where CAD and project management tools are integrated to give a systematic IT landscape without media clashes. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158372 | GOLF BALL - Based on a surface shape appearing at a predetermined point moment by moment during rotation of a golf ball having numerous dimples on its surface, a data constellation regarding a parameter dependent on a surface shape of the golf ball is calculated. Preferably, the parameter is a distance between an axis of the rotation and the surface of the golf ball. Another preferable parameter is a volume of space between a surface of a phantom sphere and the surface of the golf ball. Based on a maximum value and a minimum value of the data constellation, a fluctuation range is calculated. By dividing the fluctuation range by a total volume of the dimples, an evaluation value is calculated. This value is calculated for each of PH rotation and POP rotation. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158373 | Model simulating the evolutionary dynamics of events or processes and method of generating a model simulating the evolutionary dynamics of events or processes - A model simulating the evolutionary dynamics of events or processes includes a non linear adaptive mathematical system simulating the spatial and temporal dynamics of the event or processes by using measured values of a certain number of parameters describing the evolutionary condition of the event or process at certain different times. The values of such parameters are measured at a first time and at least a second time different from and following the first time. The model enables the definition of a n-dimensional array of points in a n-dimensional reference system having an axis that represents the values of the parameters being measured, the parameters in the array being represented by special points in the array of points. The displacements of each of the points of the array of points are computed as a function of the displacements in the array of points of each of the points representing the measured parameter values between a first time of measurement and at least a successive second time of measurement and as a function of the distance of each of the points of the array of points from each of the points representing the measured parameters. The evolution of the event and or the model in time is visualized by displaying the points of the array of points at different times. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158374 | METHOD FOR REAL-TIME MODELING OF AN N-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE - A method for determining an estimate of a response characteristic that depends on a number of input factors includes developing a mathematical model of the response as a function of the input factors based on a statistical fit of a plurality of measured data points. The method also includes mapping the value of the response characteristic and the input factors at a plurality of conditions. The method combines the mapped data with the mathematical model to produce an estimate of the response characteristic that is more accurate over a range of conditions than either the mapped data or the model taken individually. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158375 | METHOD FOR COMPUTING COOLING REDUNDANCY AT THE RACK LEVEL - A system and method for designing aspects of a cooling system for a data center is provided. A method is provided including computing cooling redundancy at each rack position in a data center, in real time. The redundancy can be reported using the traditional N+1, N+2, etc. notation, where N is the number of coolers required to meet the primary cooling load type specification. The method substantially reduces the computational complexity of computing cooling redundancy. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158376 | FAULT ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A fault seal analysis system with a data input which receives data pertaining to one or more physical parameters of a rock stratigraphy at or near a fault and means for analysing the data by applying one or more algorithm to create a model of the geometry and physical properties of the rock at or near the fault, the analysis means further comprising a user input which allows a user to vary input parameters of the one or more algorithms and creating one or more data volumes or models of the geometric and physical parameters. The analysed data is represented on a fault plane property viewer having at least one fault property diagram of a fault and a software module adapted to interrogate the data volume to map data from the data volume onto the diagram to show the sealing properties of the fault. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158377 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING FOR NEIGHBORING PARTICLES BY USING TEMPORAL CONTINUITY - A method for searching for neighboring particles includes: setting neighbor target particles of a current particle to calculate mutual influences between the neighbor target particles and the current particle; selecting neighboring particles depending on a calculation result of the mutual influences to store indexes of the neighboring particles in the current particle; updating locations and information of the current particle based on power of the mutual influences and proceeding to a next time step; determining the neighboring particles selected at a previous time step as the neighbor target particles; and repeating above steps starting from said calculating mutual influences regarding the newly determined neighbor target particles. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158378 | METHOD OF DEVELOPING A PETROLEUM RESERVOIR FROM A FLOW MODEL CALIBRATED THROUGH PRESSURE AND SATURATION MAP SCALING - A method of developing a petroleum reservoir from a flow model constrained by production data and seismic data is disclosed. It is used to define a development scheme and to start or continue the reservoir development. Production data and seismic data associated with a fine grid are acquired during the development of the reservoir. Production data, as well as pressure and saturation values, are simulated in each cell of the flow model. A pressure value and a saturation value are assigned to each cell of the fine grid. A pressure equation is therefore solved locally on the fine grid and the saturations are calculated by writing the continuity of the phase flows between neighboring lithofacies, the conservation of the pore volume and the conservation of the phase volume. The maps obtained are then used to simulate seismic data. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158379 | SIMULATOR, PROCESSING SYSTEM, DAMAGE EVALUATION METHOD AND DAMAGE EVALUATION PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is a simulator including: an input section adapted to acquire processing conditions for a given process performed on a workpiece; and a damage calculation section adapted to acquire the damage of the workpiece, based on the processing conditions, by calculating, using a Flux method, the relationship between the amount of a first substance externally injected onto a given evaluation point on the workpiece during the given process and the amount of a second substance released from the given evaluation point on the workpiece as a result of the injection of the first substance. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158380 | System And Method For Simulating Fluid Flow In A Fractured Reservoir - A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for simulating fluid flow in a fractured subterranean reservoir. A reservoir model representative of a fractured subterranean reservoir is provided. The reservoir model includes porous matrix control volumes and a network of fractures, which define fracture control volumes, overlying the porous matrix control volumes. A system of equations based on scale separation is constructed for fluid flow in the porous matrix control volumes and the fracture control volumes. The system of equations can include fracture equations having a pressure vector for each network of fractures that is split into an average pressure value and remainder pressure value. The system of equations based on scale separation is sequentially solved, such as by using an iterative Multi-Scale Finite Volume (MSFV) method. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158381 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VARIANCE ESTIMATION IN AMPLITUDE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION MODEL - A variance estimation apparatus for an amplitude probability distribution (APD) model includes: an APD curve calculation unit for calculating an APD curve of an APD model for noise of an electronic device; and a linearity determination unit for determining a linearity of a slope of the APD curve calculated by the APD curve calculation unit. The apparatus further includes a variance processing unit for selectively performing equivalent variance processing or different variance processing based on the linearity determination result obtained from the linearity determination unit. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158382 | PROCESS FOR CHARACTERISING THE EVOLUTION OF AN OIL OR GAS RESERVOIR OVER TIME - Disclosed is a process for characterising the evolution of a reservoir over a time lapse comprising the steps of: providing a base and a plurality of monitor surveys of the reservoir, each having a set of seismic traces at different times; deriving an optimal regularisation weight-map from a combination of at least three surveys; and using the optimal regularisation weights to invert and obtain an improved time lapse seismic image between pairs of seismic surveys. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158383 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING TYRE RUNNING NOISE - In a method for predicting a rolling noise B of a tyre on a pavement, a real profile of the pavement is charted, at least one value of at least one descriptor of the pavement is determined based on the real profile, and use is made of a law for predicting rolling noise B of a tyre. The law is of a type given by B=g(V | 2012-06-21 |
20120158384 | COMPUTER SIMULATION OF PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIC PROCESSING - Methods, systems, and related computer program products for photolithographic process simulation are disclosed. In one preferred embodiment, a resist processing system is simulated according to a Wiener nonlinear model thereof in which a plurality of precomputed optical intensity distributions corresponding to a respective plurality of distinct elevations in an optically exposed resist film are received, each optical intensity distribution is convolved with each of a plurality of predetermined Wiener kernels to generate a plurality of convolution results, and at least two of the convolution results are multiplied to produce at least one cross-product. A weighted summation of the plurality of convolution results and the at least one cross-product is computed using a respective plurality of predetermined Wiener coefficients to generate a Wiener output, and a resist processing system simulation result is generated based at least in part on the Wiener output. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158385 | THREE DIMENSIONAL LOAD PACKING - One embodiment is a three dimensional load method for simulating loading of items into at least one container to be transported to at least one destination. The method includes receiving a list of items to be transported, determining at least one container as an optimal number and type of container to be used for transporting the items, and initializing an empty space list to include one space equal to a size of the at least one container. The method also includes initializing a placed item list and an unplaced item list, such that the placed item list includes a list of items already loaded on the at least one container and the unplaced item list includes a list of items to be loaded on the at least one container. The method further includes selecting a subset of items from the unplaced item list for one of the destinations and, while there are more items to be loaded on the at least one container, selecting an item, space in the at least one container, and rotation using an item iterating process, inserting the selected item into the space, the item oriented according to the selected rotation, and updating the empty space list. The method then includes updating the placed item list and the unplaced item list. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158386 | METHOD FOR THE INSPECTION OF THE MODELING OF TECHNICAL SYSTEMS - Methods and engineering systems for the automatic inspection of the modeling of technical systems in an engineering or design process, wherein the used description language (e.g., UML or SysML) is extended by suitably defined stereotypes, especially suitable for the automatic detection of incompatibilities in the formation or variants of technical systems or products. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158387 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR RACK COOLING ANALYSIS - According to at least one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for modeling cooling performance is provided. The method includes acts of receiving, by a computer, input data from a storage device, the input data including data related to physical structures within at least one equipment rack, selecting, based on the data related to physical structures, at least one first equation of a plurality of predetermined equations that describe pressure values in a plurality of spaces within the at least one equipment rack, determining pressure values in identified spaces of the plurality of spaces by solving the at least one first equation using the input data, determining airflow values between identified spaces by calculating a difference between the pressure values and storing, on the storage device, the airflow values as equipment rack airflow values within the at least one equipment rack. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158388 | MODELING SHOCK PRODUCED BY WELL PERFORATING - A method of utilizing a shock model for prediction of perforating effects can include recording measurements of the perforating effects on an actual perforating string in a wellbore, adjusting the shock model so that predictions of the perforating effects output by the shock model substantially match the measurements of the perforating effects, and causing the adjusted shock model to predict the perforating effects for a proposed perforating string. A method of predicting perforating effects on a perforating string in a wellbore can include inputting a three dimensional well model and a three dimensional model of the perforating string into a shock model, and causing the shock model to predict the perforating effects on the perforating string. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158389 | Method and System For Rapid Model Evaluation Using Multilevel Surrogates - The present techniques disclose methods and systems for rapidly evaluating multiple models using multilevel surrogates (for example, in two or more levels). These surrogates form a hierarchy in which surrogate accuracy increases with its level. At the highest level, the surrogate becomes an accurate model, which may be referred to as a full-physics model (FPM). The higher level surrogates may be used to efficiently train the low level surrogates (more specifically, the lowest level surrogate in most applications), reducing the amount of computing resources used. The low level surrogates are then used to evaluate the entire parameter space for various purposes, such as history matching, evaluating the performance of a hydrocarbon reservoir, and the like. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158390 | USER MODEL CREATION - In some embodiments a controller is adapted to receive textual representation of content experienced by a user, to receive information about an interaction by the user with the content, and to determine a user model in response to the textual representation and the interaction. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158391 | Pathway recognition algorithm using data integration on genomic models (PAGADIGM) - A patient sample specific dynamic pathway map is constructed on the basis of measured patient data and a probabilistic pathway model that is based on attributes for pathway elements, wherein some attributes for pathway elements are known a priori, where other attributes for the pathway elements are assumed, and where the pathway elements are cross-correlated and assigned an influence level for at least one pathway. Preferred dynamic pathway maps provide context of the measured patient data with respect to a selected reference pathway activity. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158392 | SEMICONDUCTOR SENSOR RELIABILITY - Embodiments of the present invention provide a semiconductor sensor reliability system and method. Specifically, the present invention provides in-situ positioning of a reliability sensor (hereinafter sensors) within each functional block, as well as at critical locations, of a semiconductor system. The quantity and location of the sensors are optimized to have maximum sensitivity to known process variations. In general, the sensor models a behavior (e.g., aging process) of the location (e.g., functional block) in which it is positioned and comprises a plurality of stages connected as a network and a self-digitizer. Each sensor has a mode selection input for selecting a mode thereof and an operational trigger input for enabling the sensor to model the behavior. The model selection input and operation trigger enable the sensor to have an operational mode in which the plurality of sensors are subject to an aging process, as well as a measurement mode in which an age of the plurality of sensors is outputted. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158393 | METHOD FOR PLACING THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS IN TECHNICAL INSTALLATIONS - A method and system for placing thermoelectric generators in technical installations, wherein an installation model is created from interacting mechatronic objects, comprising type-specific and installation-specific thermodynamic prior and subsequent conditions, and a respective thermal energy difference between the mechatronic objects is taken as a basis for determining possible locations of use for thermoelectric generators in the installation. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158394 | SIMULATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTICORE SYSTEM - A simulation apparatus and method for a multicore system are provided. The simulation apparatus may prevent the occurrence of a data collision during the communication between modules and may reduce the overhead generated during simulation. The simulation apparatus may select a plurality of modules to be synchronized in terms of function execution timing based on timing information and may configure a multicore system architecture model using the selected modules. The simulation apparatus may acquire function execution timing information of the modules, control the execution of functions by the modules based on the acquired function execution timing information, and output the results of the control of the execution of functions by the modules. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158395 | NETWORK STIMULATION ENGINE - Methods, devices, and systems are disclosed for simulating a large, realistic computer network. Virtual actors statistically emulate the behaviors of humans using networked devices or responses and automatic functions of networked equipment, and their stochastic actions are queued in buffer pools by a behavioral engine. An abstract machine engine creates the minimal interfaces needed for each actor, and the interfaces then communicate persistently over a network with each other and real and virtual network resources to form realistic network traffic. The network can respond to outside stimuli, such as a network mapping application, by responding with false views of the network in order to spoof hackers, and the actors can respond by altering a software defined network upon which they operate. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158396 | Application Compatibility Shims for Minimal Client Computers - This document describes techniques for allowing a computing device that provides a minimal execution environment to execute legacy applications that rely on rich functionality that the computing device does not natively provide. For instance, a device may initially receive a request to execute an application and may determine whether the application is directly executable. In response to determining that the application is not directly executable, the computing device may determine whether the application specifies another application to provide the functionality. If the application specifies another application to provide this functionality, then the computing device retrieves the specified application and executes the specified application on the client computing device. If the application does not specify such an application, then the computing device may execute a default application for providing the functionality. The specified or default application then executes the application that is not directly executable on the minimal-execution-environment computing device. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158397 | INSTRUCTION-SET ARCHITECTURE SIMULATION TECHNIQUES USING JUST IN TIME COMPILATION - A method of simulating a program. Compiled and interpretive techniques are combined into a just-in-time cached compiled technique. When an instruction of a program simulation is to be executed at run-time, a table of compiled instructions is accessed to determine whether compiled data for the instruction is stored in the table. If the compiled data is not therein, the instruction is compiled and stored in the table. The compiled data is returned to a simulator that is executing the program simulation. In another embodiment, before storing new information in the table, another table may be consulted to determine if the location to which the new information is to be stored is protected. If the table location is protected, the new information is not stored in the table. Rather, the new information is simply passed on to the simulator. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158398 | Combining Model-Based Aligner Using Dual Decomposition - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for aligning words in parallel translation sentences for use in machine translation. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158399 | SAMPLE CLUSTERING TO REDUCE MANUAL TRANSCRIPTIONS IN SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM - Techniques for grouping a plurality of samples automatically transcribed from a plurality of utterances. The method comprises forming clusters from the plurality of samples, wherein the clusters include two or more of the plurality of samples. One or more samples are selected from a cluster and manually-processed data samples for the one or more samples are obtained. A weighting factor may be assigned to the data samples based, at least in part, on the number of samples in the cluster associated with the selected data sample. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158400 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY - In an aspect, provided is a Natural Language Processing (NLP) workflow engine to analyze text. The engine can combine one or more independent NLP components (e.g. Tokenization, Part of Speech Tagging, Named Entity Recognition) into a meaningful processing workflow. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158401 | MUSIC DETECTION USING SPECTRAL PEAK ANALYSIS - In one embodiment, a music detection (MD) module accumulates sets of one or more frames and performs FFT processing on each set to recover a set of coefficients, each corresponding to a different frequency k. For each frame, the module identifies candidate musical tones by searching for peak values in the set of coefficients. If a coefficient corresponds to a peak, then a variable TONE[k] corresponding to the coefficient is set equal to one. Otherwise, the variable is set equal to zero. For each variable TONE[k] having a value of one, a corresponding accumulator A[k] is increased. Candidate musical tones that are short in duration are filtered out by comparing each accumulator A[k] to a minimum duration threshold. A determination is made as to whether or not music is present based on a number of candidate musical tones and a sum of candidate musical tone durations using a state machine. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158402 | System And Method For Adjusting Floor Controls Based On Conversational Characteristics Of Participants - A system and method for automatically adjusting floor controls based on conversational characteristics is provided. Audio streams are received, which each originate from an audio source. Floor controls for a current configuration including at least a portion of the audio streams are maintained. Conversational characteristics shared by two or more of the audio sources are determined. Possible configurations for the audio streams are identified based on the conversational characteristics. An analysis of the current configuration and the possible configurations is performed. A change threshold comprising a minimum number of timeslices for at least one of the current configuration and one of the possible configurations is applied to the analysis. When the analysis satisfies the change threshold, the floor controls are automatically adjusted. The audio streams are mixed into one or more outputs based on the adjusted floor controls. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158403 | VOICE REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND VOICE REPRODUCTION METHOD - A voice reproduction apparatus includes an ambient sound analysis unit to analyze a characteristic of an ambient sound, a characteristic analysis unit to analyze an acoustic characteristic of a signal for reproduction, a reproduction timing adjusting unit to record the signal for reproduction and to read the signal for reproduction at a reproduction timing of follow-up reproduction, a reproduction speed changing unit to change a reproduction speed of the read signal for reproduction, and a control unit to control the reproduction timing adjusting unit so that the signal for reproduction is reproduced at the reproduction timing corresponding to an analysis result of the ambient sound analysis unit and to control the reproduction speed changing unit so that the signal for reproduction is reproduced at the reproduction speed corresponding to the analysis result of the ambient sound analysis unit and the acoustic characteristic obtained by the characteristic analysis unit. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158404 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ISOLATING MULTI-CHANNEL SOUND SOURCE - In an apparatus and method for isolating a multi-channel sound source, the probability of speaker presence calculated when noise of a sound source signal separated by GSS is estimated is used to calculate a gain. Thus, it is not necessary to additionally calculate the probability of speaker presence when calculating the gain, the speaker's voice signal can be easily and quickly separated from peripheral noise and reverb and distortion are minimized. As such, if several interference sound sources, each of which has directivity, and speakers are simultaneously present in a room with high reverb, a plurality of sound sources generated from several microphones can be separated from one another with low sound quality distortion, and the reverb can also be removed. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158405 | SYNCHRONISE AN AUDIO CURSOR AND A TEXT CURSOR DURING EDITING - A speech recognition device ( | 2012-06-21 |
20120158406 | FACILITATING TEXT-TO-SPEECH CONVERSION OF A USERNAME OR A NETWORK ADDRESS CONTAINING A USERNAME - To facilitate text-to-speech conversion of a username, a first or last name of a user associated with the username may be retrieved, and a pronunciation of the username may be determined based at least in part on whether the name forms at least part of the username. To facilitate text-to-speech conversion of a domain name having a top level domain and at least one other level domain, a pronunciation for the top level domain may be determined based at least in part upon whether the top level domain is one of a predetermined set of top level domains. Each other level domain may be searched for one or more recognized words therewithin, and a pronunciation of the other level domain may be determined based at least in part on an outcome of the search. The username and domain name may form part of a network address such as an email address, URL or URI. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158407 | VOICE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN IMPLANT - A system for the control of an implant ( | 2012-06-21 |
20120158408 | Method And Apparatus For Reducing Rendering Latency For Audio Streaming Applications Using Internet Protocol Communications Networks - A method and apparatus for reducing rendering latency in a terminal device which receives audio data from a communication network such as, for example, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications networks. Received packets are advantageously decoded “immediately” upon receipt, and the decoded data is placed directly in the rendering buffer at a location corresponding to the time appropriate for rendering, without using any intermediate buffer. Then, in accordance with the principles of the present invention and more particularly in accordance with certain illustrative embodiments thereof, packet loss concealment (PLC) routines are advantageously applied preemptively, without first determining whether or not any subsequent packets have or have not been received by any particular time. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158409 | Bandwidth Extension Encoder, Bandwidth Extension Decoder and Phase Vocoder - A bandwidth extension encoder for encoding an audio signal has a signal analyzer, a core encoder and a parameter calculator. The audio signal has a low frequency signal having a core frequency band and a high frequency signal having an upper frequency band. The signal analyzer is configured for analyzing the audio signal, the audio signal having a block of audio samples, the block having a specified length in time. The signal analyzer is furthermore configured for determining from a plurality of analysis windows an analysis window to be used for performing a bandwidth extension in a bandwidth extension decoder. The core encoder is configured for encoding the low frequency signal to acquire an encoded or frequency signal. The parameter calculator is configured for calculating bandwidth extension parameters from the high frequency signal. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158410 | DIGITAL AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM - A digital audio signal processing system is disclosed that enable flexible coexistence of signals having different formats in the same hardware architecture. The system comprises at least one input, at least one first format transformer, and at least one digital audio signal processor. The at least one input is arranged to receive at least a first digital audio signal having a first format comprising a first symbol resolution and a first symbol distribution. The at least one first format transformer is arranged to transform the first digital audio signal to a second digital audio signal having a second format comprising a second symbol resolution which is different from the first symbol resolution and a second symbol distribution which is different from the first symbol distribution based on at least a first parameter and a second parameter, wherein the first parameter is associated with a number of integer symbols of the second format and the second parameter is associated with a number of fractional symbols of the second format. The at least one digital audio signal processor is arranged to process the second digital audio signal to produce a third digital audio signal. Corresponding computer program product is also disclosed. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158411 | SIGNAL ENCODING APPARATUS AND METHOD, SIGNAL DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PROGRAMS AND RECORDING MEDIUMS - An encoding apparatus that divides an input time series signal into a plurality of sub-bands and encodes a low frequency sub-band signal to generate encoded data of the low frequency sub-band signal. Concurrently, it compares the frequency amplitude peak of the new high frequency sub-band signal generated from the low frequency sub-band signal and the original high frequency sub-band signal and generates frequency amplitude peak information of the high frequency sub-band signal. It compares the gain of the new high frequency sub-band signal generated by using the low frequency sub-band signal and the original high frequency sub-band signal and generates gain information of the high frequency sub-band signal. Subsequently, the signal encoding apparatus multiplexes the encoded data of the low frequency sub-band signal, the frequency amplitude peak information of the high frequency sub-band signal and the gain information of the high frequency sub-band signal and outputs compressed data. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158412 | Identification of Contact Mode for Contacting Parties to Maximize the Probability of Achieving a Desired Outcome - Computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer readable storage medium having computer program product encoded thereon for identifying a contact mode for contacting parties to maximize a probability of achieving a desired outcome. A plurality of parties are divided into a plurality of clusters of parties according to a list of attributes that are statistically significant with respect to achieving a desired outcome. A subset of parties from each cluster of parties of the plurality of clusters of parties are selected, and parties in each subset of parties are contacted by different ones of a plurality of contact modes. A result of the contacting for each subset of parties is analyzed to identify a contact mode of the plurality of contact modes for contacting the parties in each cluster of the plurality of clusters that maximizes a probability of achieving the desired outcome. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158413 | DATA DRIVEN RULES ENGINE TO DYNAMICALLY CHANGE PRODUCT BUSINESS RULES - A server stores current rules for one or more products in a data store. The current rules are independent of product code of the one or more products. The current rules determine whether an entity satisfies one or more product attributes to allow the entity to use the one or more products. The server implements new rules without changing the product code of the one or more products and determines whether an entity satisfies one or more product attributes to allow the entity to use the one or more products by using the new rules. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158414 | Collaborative Unemployment Management System and Method for Preserving the Economic, Professional and Personal Stability of Unemployed Workers and for Tracking their Outcomes - A system and method for preserving the professional, economic and personal stability of workers who become unemployed and for tracking their outcomes through periods of employment/unemployment and beyond. The system makes use of an Affinity Service Organization™ (ASO™), which creates a permanent infrastructure and serves as a clearinghouse for managing the stability of workers. The ASO™ will allow for the delivery of economic stability, career management, job training/re-training and re-employment services to unemployed workers. In addition, it provides an electronic platform for the exchange of services, payment of fees associated with certain services and collection and recording of appropriate income withholding, FICA, FUTA, and SUTA taxes for its working members. The system is particularly useful in reducing unemployment by providing workers a wider range of employment options and for generating new tax revenues for local, state and federal taxing authorities. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158415 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LICENSE SERVER SYNCHRONIZATION - A method and system for license server synchronization are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving a first capability request from a licensing server, transmitting a first capability response to the licensing server. The licensing server provides a second capability response to a device, and the second capability response is in response to a second capability request sent by the device to the licensing server. The second capability response includes one or more capabilities included in the first capability response. A server synchronization message is received from the licensing server and a request for payment is transmitted to a service provider, wherein the request for payment is generated based on the server synchronization message. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158416 | WEB-SERVICE BASED GENERATION OF BUSINESS OBJECTS - A Web Service Description Language (WSDL) file describing a web service that provides web service functionality may be determined, including determining at least one data type included in the WSDL file. At least one interface operation may be extracted from the WSDL file, the at least one interface operation including at least one message sent during implementation of the at least one interface operation, the at least one message using the at least one data type. A business object may be generated based on the at least one data type and the at least one interface operation, wherein the business object corresponds to a business entity and exposes the web service functionality in an integrated manner within a business object based application environment. The generation of the business object may include creating at least one business object node of the business object that corresponds to each interface operation of the WSDL file, the at least one business object node being based on the at least one message, and creating a node action for the at least one business object node, the node action corresponding to the at least one interface operation. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158417 | Case managed Counter-terrorism System and Process - A machine-implemented Case-Managed ontology and decision support framework provides a basis for a family of machine database architectures for use in a system for countering forces of unknown intentions including fighting and winning the Global War on Terror. The system focuses resource allocation decisions on logically derived, targeted areas of interest with an emphasis on non-kinetic, non-destructive effects. The system combines proven doctrines and novel operational approaches. It employs readily available intelligence information, an ontological understanding of the problem domain, a three-level, metrics-driven, case-managed system and process to counter the forces of unknown origin, and an entire set of operational level activities combining strategic intent, tactical approaches, expected utility analysis, mission-level simulations, and integrated cost modeling. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158418 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING DISASTER INFORMATION - A system and method to distribute disaster information to a customer. An information distribution apparatus for distributing disaster information to a customer terminal includes a disaster information storage for storing disaster-occurred district information for identifying a disaster-occurred district in which a disaster has occurred and a real disaster level corresponding to the disaster selected from a plurality of preset disaster levels; a customer information registration unit for registering customer district information; a distribution information management unit for deciding whether the disaster information is distributed to the customer by collating the disaster-occurred district with the customer district with respect to the disaster level; and an information distribution unit for distributing disaster information to the terminal according to a decision of the distribution information management unit. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158419 | HEALTHCARE PROVIDER HYGIENE COMPLIANCE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - In one embodiment, a method for monitoring hygienic compliance in a medical institution includes detecting presence of a healthcare provider in a patient area and identifying the healthcare provider to produce provider identification data. The monitoring method also includes detecting usage of a cleansing medium by the healthcare provider to produce usage data. The method includes transmitting the healthcare provider identification data and the usage data to an institutional information system. The monitoring method also includes associating the healthcare provider identification data and the usage data to provide a record of hygienic compliance for the healthcare provider. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158420 | DETERMINING CLINICAL TRIAL CANDIDATES FROM AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED NON-PERSONALLY IDENTIFABLE DEMOGRAPHICS - Non-personally identifiable demographics associated with a patient during a communication session can be collected. The patient can be associated with one or more healthcare providers which can be associated with a one or more healthcare professionals. The demographics can be compared against a clinical trial profile associated with a clinical trial. The clinical trial profile can specify one or more target group parameters associated with a target group of the clinical trial. The clinical trial can be associated with a clinical research organization and/or a sponsor. When the comparing produces a match between the demographics and the profile, a clinical trial can be identified as suitable for the patient. Related apparatus, methods, systems and articles are also described. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158421 | FUNCTIONALITY FOR PROVIDING CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT - An information management system (IMS) is described herein that provides supplemental information to a user who is interacting with an application module. In one implementation, the IMS includes a collection system, an information extraction module, and a notification system. The collection system provides collected information from one or more information sources. The information extraction module extracts application information from the application module, even though the application module may lack a native interface for providing the application information. The analysis engine determines supplemental information to present to the user based on the collected information and the application information. And the notification information provides notification information which alerts the user to the existence of the supplemental information. In one scenario, the IMS can be applied in a healthcare-related domain. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158422 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SCHEDULING APPOINTMENTS IN HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS - Methods and systems for scheduling appointments in healthcare environments are described. An example computer implemented method of automatically scheduling a medical appointment includes enabling a first device associated with a patient to communicate with a provider scheduling system and inputting a patient schedule onto the provider scheduling system. The example method includes identifying a time slot, using a computer, at which both the patient schedule and a provider schedule have an open time slot and identifying a time and a location of a first appointment proximate to the open time slot based on the patient schedule. The example method includes determining an estimated travel time between the location of the first appointment and a location of a second appointment and determining a patient availability to schedule the second appointment in the open time slot based on the time of the first appointment and the estimated travel time between the location of the first appointment and the location of the second appointment. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158423 | System and Method for Radiology Report Recall Monitoring - The system and method checks patient data stored in a database to determine the number of breast mammography recalls that are outstanding and the volume of cases that a practice undertakes. That data is used to calculate an index which provides an indication of malpractice risk. The method further involves monitoring that index continually in order to determine if a radiology practice is outside the norm relative to other practices and to issue an alert if so. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158424 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN THE HOME TREATMENT OF A MEDICAL CONDITION - An interactive home treatment system and method is disclosed. Patient data is collected via a handheld device and stored in a database. The data may be related to self-treatments, symptoms, or patient behavior. The data are analyzed with an analytic tool and the analysis is used to generate a message that is transmitted to a treating health care professional or to the patient, or both. A set of predetermined rules may be applied to the data. The rules may be modified by the treating health care professional, the patient, or both. The handheld device, the database, and the analytic tool may be web-enabled to facilitate communication from virtually anywhere. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158425 | Pharmacy Workflow Process - A method of verifying a prescription (Rx) dispensed by a pharmacy includes the steps of: (a) entering host computer Rx identifying information about a prescription into a pharmacy host computer; (b) fulfilling the prescription with an automated pharmaceutical dispensing machine; (c) entering Rx identifying indicia for the prescription into an automated will call system; (d) automatically correlating the Rx identifying indicia for the prescription to the host computer Rx identifying information for the prescription; (e) responsive to a retrieval request, inquiring whether the prescription is verified via steps (b), (c) and (d); and (f) providing the verified prescription to a retriever of the prescription. This process can enable a prescription to be verified automatically, thereby saving the pharmacist time and labor. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158426 | SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION OF HEALTH CARE DATA - An apparatus for communicating health care data from a sender to a receiver is provided. The apparatus has a first computer system, a second computer system, and a rules engine. The first computer system has health care data stored therein. The second computer system is in operable communication with, and is configured to extract the health care data from, the first computer system. The rules engine normalizes the extracted health care data to a predefined format. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158427 | PHARMACY PERSONAL CARE ACCOUNT - A method for providing insurance coverage to a subscriber comprises offering an insurance policy to the subscriber wherein the insurance policy comprises providing allowances to pay for one or more expenses covered by the insurance policy and providing monetary credits to the subscriber for any unused portion of a given allowance where the monetary credits can be used to cover the cost of a subsequent allowed expense. The insurance policy may be a pharmacy benefits plan. The covered expenses may be pharmacy expenses. The allowed expenses may be medical expenses which qualify under Section 213 of the US Internal Revenue Code for payment by an employer without the subscriber having to declare the payment as taxable income. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158428 | DYNAMIC PATIENT DATA MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - In one embodiment, a method for monitoring patient data in a medical institution is provided and includes associating at least one physiological data sensor with a patient identification device worn by a patient. The physiological data generated by the physiological data sensor is transmitted to a patient area network receiver. The patient identification device generates patient identification data and transmits it to the patient area network receiver. The physiological data is associated with the patient identification data in an electronic patient record. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158429 | MEDICAL SERVICE BROKER SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Medical service broker systems and methods are described. An example computer-implemented method of soliciting bids for a medical service includes receiving patient data including patient identifying information and accepting a patient request for a first medical service. The example method includes facilitating the creation of a first profile based on the requested first medical service and de-identifying the first profile by anonymizing the patient identifying information. The example method includes conveying the first profile to one or more first providers to solicit one or more bids to perform the first medical service and receiving one or more bids from the one or more providers and displaying for selection. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158430 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PATIENT PRESCRIPTION MANAGEMENT - An example method for patient prescription management. The method includes obtaining a plurality of prescriptions associated with a patient, wherein each prescription contains an order for a prescribed medication. The method includes compiling the plurality of prescriptions into a single prescription order. The method includes identifying a pharmacy that carries the prescribed medications of the single prescription order based on a location of the patient. The method includes submitting the single prescription order to the identified pharmacy to facilitate a single delivery or a single pickup of the medications. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158431 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO SUPPORT DIAGNOSIS PROCESSES - Methods and apparatus to support diagnosis processes are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a data extractor to extract information related to a life stage of a patient from clinical records associated with a patient; and a first interface to interact with a database storing information related to a plurality of hazardous event exposures, wherein interacting with the database comprises determining whether a first one of the hazardous event exposures stored in the database corresponds to the life stage of the patient. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158432 | Patient Information Documentation And Management System - A method and system for documenting and managing patient information in real time for accurate medical examination and treatment of a patient is provided. An information carrier device that stores patient information is provided to the patient. A data extraction unit extracts the stored patient information from the information carrier device and transmits the extracted patient information to a patient information processing system. A recording unit records observational data comprising medical examination information and information on treatment prescribed for the patient. The patient information processing system processes and analyzes the patient information received from the information carrier device and/or the data extraction unit and the observational data extracted from the recording unit, generates a medical examination report in one or more of multiple formats, and transmits the medical examination report in one or more formats to the information carrier device for updating the patient information in the information carrier device. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158433 | MEDICAL PROCEDURE OUTCOME SYSTEM - An internet-based patient health outcome data collection system, and a system for accessing information from the collected database. The system includes a web-based patient and doctor interface that allows both a patient and doctor to separately input data into the data collection database. The web-based patient interface allows a patient to input data such as responses to questions regarding levels of pain, function, satisfaction, quality of life, activities of daily living, unexpected results, and questions, pre- and post-procedure. The doctor interface also includes an analysis tool that allows the doctor to analyze the data from a specific patient, a group of patients, or all the patients, with specific characteristics as chosen by the doctor. The doctor interface also allows the doctor to compare an individual patient against a group of the doctor's patients, all patients in the study that meet criteria chosen by the doctor, or global data. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158434 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED BUSINESS INSURANCE RECOMMENDATIONS - A display device may display to a user questions related to insurance products. The user may be a business owner, and the questions may solicit information that may be used to determine which of the insurance products are applicable to the user's business. Input data may be received from a user that is responsive to the questions. The input data may indicate, for example, the type of industry of the business, the number of employees in the business, the business's annual revenue, and/or goals of the user with respect to the insurance products. A determination may be made as to which of the insurance products are applicable to the business. The user may then obtain additional information related to the applicable products, initiate the purchase of one of the applicable products, and/or enter into a binding agreement for the purchase of one of the applicable product. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158435 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFINED CONTRIBUTION DEFAULT BENCHMARK - A system and method for generating an integrated family of benchmarks representing portfolio allocations for a participant is described. At least two assets for a portfolio are identified. A current market rate for at least one of the assets and an expected inflation for a predetermined time period are determined via a computing device. The computing device determines a portfolio allocation to each asset based on the current market rate and the expected inflation so as to define a process for obtaining inflation-protected income for a predetermined number of years and then non-inflation protected income for subsequent years. The identified assets and the portfolio allocations are published via a network. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158436 | MONITORING SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AND COMMUNICATING A COST OF INSURANCE - Means are provided for recording, storing, calculating, communicating and reviewing one or more operational aspects of a machine. Insurance costs are based, in part, on activities of the machine operator. A discount may be provided in exchange for recording the operational aspects and providing the recorded information to the insurer. The party may review information and decide whether to provide it to the insurer. The means for reviewing may present comparative information. Information that causes insurance costs to vary may be highlighted. Provided data may be used to verify insurance application information, generate actuarial information or determine insurance rates. Operating data may be reviewed on display medium so a party can observe how his operating behavior compares to that of other operators of similar machines and may be manipulated so a party can understand how changes in operating behavior can affect his insurance rates. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158437 | LIFT MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods are discussed for providing a sensor enhanced employee safety evaluation system. Systems that monitor and assess employee lifting behavior are employed at the workplace of an insured entity. Data from the lift monitoring systems are processed to obtain a safety evaluation. Based on the safety evaluation, the insurance provider can adjust the terms of the insurance policy to accurately reflect the risks associated with the insured entity. Feedback based on the safety evaluation is also provided to the insured entity and the employees of the insured entity to promote improvements in safe behavior. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158438 | System And Method For Providing Healthcare-Related Services - A system and method for providing healthcare-related services according to which the healthcare-related services include, but are not limited to, health insurance benefit activation services and/or healthcare-related education services. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158439 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING CAPACITY IN AN INSURANCE SYSTEM - The invention relates, in various aspects to systems, methods, and computer readable media suited for implementing a commonly administered, quota share-based multi-insurer primary insurance system. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158440 | MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE INSURANCE PRODUCT AND METHOD OF HEDGING INSURER RISK IN A MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE INSURANCE PRODUCT - A method, non-transitory machine-readable medium, and financial product provide borrower foreclosure insurance for insured interests in real property, each classified in a rate category. A processor is controlled to calculate a premium for at least some of the real property interests with a rule utilizing the data indicative of the rate category and storing the calculation. The processor receives data indicative of a cost of a hedge vehicle respectively associated with each real property interest. A hedge vehicle is selected based on an index for real property in a preselected geographical area. A monetary level to hedge is selected, and a hedge vehicle or vehicles are selected. A number of hedge contracts of at least one type to achieve hedging of the monetary level is calculated on the processor. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158441 | Air taxi logistics system - An air taxi system comprising means for dynamically optimizing travel by real time assessment of relevant factors between an origination street address and prospective origination airports, between prospective origination airports and prospective destination airports, and between prospective destination airports and a destination street address. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158442 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A DYNAMIC OPTIMAL TRAVEL SOLUTION - A system and method for generating a dynamic optimal travel solution is disclosed. The method includes receiving an optimal travel solution and receiving consumption data, wherein the consumption data includes an actual market share. The method also includes receiving quality of service index data (QSI), wherein the QSI includes a maximum realistic market share, and generating a dynamic optimal travel solution, in response to the optimal travel solution, the consumption data, and the QSI. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158443 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING TICKET INFORMATION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method for transmitting ticket information of a portable terminal includes: receiving the ticket information including common information, one or more individual information, and authentication information corresponding to each of the individual information; displaying the ticket information by using the common information and the individual information when a request for transmitting the received ticket information to another terminal is made; making a request for transmitting an area corresponding to a specific individual information in the displayed ticket information; and generating ticket information in identifiable form including common information, a specific individual information, and authentication information corresponding to the specific individual information to transmit the generated information. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158444 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND ARTICLE-OF-MANUFACTURE FOR THE CREATION, ISSUANCE, TRADING, AND EXERCISE OF REFUND OPTIONS FOR ATTENDANCE RIGHTS - Computer-related methods, apparatus, and/or articles of manufacture to permit/facilitate the creation, marketing, and/or distribution of options to purchase tickets or obtain refunds to a particular future event, particularly an elimination format competition, when the chosen competitor's qualification for such a game is currently uncertain, but where the uncertainty will be resolved prior to the commencement of the particular future event. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158445 | Geo-Spatial Mapping and Service Provision Analysis - A Geo-spatial Enterprise Mapping System (GEMS) application may be utilized for determining a cost associated with providing a service to a point of interest by utilizing data from a web-based mapping service application in conjunction with data from a service provider database. Maps may be utilized with polylines representing fiber and coax spans, and markers to display device, customer, and prospect information to provide a user with a quick overview of a potential profitability of a particular area or point of interest. A proximity of customers and groups of customers to a service provider network may be displayed and visible to a user in an intuitive manner. A serviceability and profitability of potential customers may be determined, as well as locating prospective customers. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158446 | Determining Impacts Of Business Activities - A first entity responsible for a first stage in a life-cycle of at least one of a product can receive a service, an entity, a process, and a business unit, a data container from a second entity responsible for a second stage in the life-cycle. The second stage can precede the first stage in the life-cycle. The data container can include second impact data quantifying impacts of each second activity of the second entity relating to the life-cycle and third impact data quantifying impacts of each third activity of a third entity relating to the life-cycle. The third entity can be responsible for a third stage in the life-cycle that either precedes or follows the first stage. First impact data quantifying impacts of each first activity of the first entity relating to the life-cycle can be calculated and added to the data container. An aggregate impact of all or part of the life-cycle can be calculated by applying an impact calculation algorithm whose inputs comprise the first impact data, the second impact data, and the third impact data. The data container can be passed to the second entity and the third entity, and the aggregate impact can be promoted. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are described. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158447 | PRICING BATCH COMPUTING JOBS AT DATA CENTERS - This document describes techniques for pricing batch computing jobs based at least in part on temporally- or spatially-dependent costs. By so doing, prices offered to perform a batch computing job better reflect the costs to perform that batch computing job. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158448 | Location and Time Sensitive Wireless Calendaring - A computer-implemented method provides location-sensitive and time-sensitive calendaring to a wireless device, such as a cell phone, pager, PDA, etc. A user's calendar is maintained with a number of appointments, start times and end times for the appointments, meeting place and a list of attendees for the appointments. When the present time reading is within a predetermined minimum of a meeting start time of an appointment of a calendar user, the location of the user is determined based on the location of the wireless device. The location of the meeting place is also determined. Using historical data (of the user or others), the estimated time of arrival of the user at the meeting place is determined. If the estimated time of arrival is after the meeting start time, then a late message may be sent to the user and/or to the other meeting attendees. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158449 | Data Processing for Hiring Equipment - A server receives orders from customers and conveys orders to vendors that have equipment items for hire. Equipment items include radio frequency identification tags to monitor availability of equipment items. Each item of equipment is an equipment entity. Each customer order is a customer entity. The server establishes an intelligent calendar. Each entity has a status allocated over a specified period of time. The server responds to an order from a customer by allocating a shared status between a customer and equipment availability and issues an order to a vendor. The server establishes an intelligent calendar in which customer orders and equipment items have statuses allocated over specified time periods. Availability of equipment items is known from the tags. Responding to an order for the hire of an item of equipment over a hire period allocates a shared status within the intelligent calendar between a customer and an equipment item. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158450 | METHOD FOR CREATING A MARKET GROWTH STRATEGY - A computer program product and business method is described for generating a market growth strategy. The computer program product in a computer-readable medium having instructions for directing a computer to focus on the core job that needs to be performed. A specific sequence is executed in several phases: market selection, target generation, business generation and portfolio generation strategies. Inputs are tailored to the outcomes that are desired for each phase and cover customer(s), company(-ies) and society. Three aspects (job, job executor and platform) are transformed by the instructions to generate six potential growth paths A market growth strategy is built around these potential growth paths. The business method and program product receives, stores, and manipulates this data using storage for input, desired outcomes and output data. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158451 | Dispatching Tasks in a Business Process Management System - A system and method for dispatching tasks in a business process management system are provided, whereby tasks are automatically dispatched to a queue for being processed by at least one out of multiple resources. The method includes generating a forecast of further tasks to be dispatched in the future and dispatching each task to the queue for being processed by at least one resource under consideration of the forecast of further tasks to be dispatched in the future. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158452 | WORK ORDER ESTIMATOR - A method may include receiving an order associated with processing a media file and generating a workflow associated with fulfilling the order. The method may also include identifying a number of tasks associated with the workflow and generating an estimate associated with executing the tasks. The generating an estimate may include identifying a resource type associated with the media file and the order, and identifying at least one of capacity and time requirements associated with executing the tasks. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158453 | WORKFLOW PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING MULTI-TENANT, AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a workflow processing system and method for supporting the multi-tenancy in a software as a service (SaaS) environment. Proposed is a method of configuring a workflow, defined based on an activity for each tenant, to share a single workflow instance in the multi-tenancy support environment. In particular, proposed is a method of editing a workflow for each tenant by a workflow editor and performing configuration for each activity that constitutes the workflow. In addition, proposed is a method of storing and managing a configured activity as metadata. In particular, proposed is a method of storing metadata for each activity when storing an activity through a workflow editor. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158454 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING HIGH RISK USERS - An approach for enabling the monitoring of high risk users is described. A high risk user (HRU) event management platform designates a user as a high risk user candidate and then initiates monitoring of activities of a computing device associated with identity information of the user. The HRU event management platform then collects data from the computing device and from one or more data sources according to one or more predetermined parameters specifying asset information. The data is correlated with the identity information of the user for confirming that the user is a high risk user. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158455 | ESTIMATING VALUE OF USER'S SOCIAL INFLUENCE ON OTHER USERS OF COMPUTER NETWORK SYSTEM - The social influence that each person in a computer network system exercises over others in the system may be valued by aggregating the differences in value of each of the others to the network both with and without the person being present. This calculated influence may be used as a basis for charging advertisers for advertisements to the users, as well as for providing preferential treatment to users that exert the greatest influence. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158456 | Forecasting Ad Traffic Based on Business Metrics in Performance-based Display Advertising - A method, advertising network, and computer readable medium for forecasting ad traffic based on business metrics in performance-based display advertising. The method commences by defining a set of advertising campaign parameters, the advertising campaign parameters comprising target predicates, a campaign pricing model, and a campaign performance model. The method continues by forecasting a supply of impressions satisfying target predicates, based on a statistical analysis of a historical dataset containing impressions satisfying target predicates. Once a measure of forecasted supply is known, an auction model serves for calculating the likelihood of winning the forecasted impression at auction, based the campaign pricing model and the campaign performance model. Having a forecasted supply, and also an assessment of the likelihood of winning at auction, the method proceeds by determining values for various performance metrics. The performance metrics are displayed; the user makes changes to any one or more of the advertising campaign parameters. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158457 | Determining an Inventory Target for a Node of a Supply Chain - Determining an inventory target for a node of a supply chain includes calculating a demand stock for satisfying a demand over supply lead time at the node of the supply chain, and calculating a demand variability stock for satisfying a demand variability of the demand over supply lead time at the node. A demand bias of the demand at the node is established. An inventory target for the node is determined based on the demand stock and the demand variability stock in accordance with the demand bias. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158458 | Method And Apparatus For Pricing Products In Multi-Level Product And Organizational Groups - In one embodiment, various pricing tables and price adjustment tables and various products and purchasing organizations are organized based on “who” (i.e. which purchasing organization) is purchasing “what” (i.e. which product). In one embodiment, various purchasing organizations and products are organized into respective organizational groups and product groups. Various price adjustments may be specified for each level of the organizational groups and product groups hierarchies. In one embodiment, the price adjustments for a particular purchasing organization are determined by retrieving the price adjustments for that particular purchasing organization and the price adjustments for organizational groups above the particular purchasing organization in the organizational groups hierarchy. Likewise, the price adjustments for a particular product are determined by retrieving the price adjustments for that particular product as well as the price adjustments for product groups above the particular product in the product groups hierarchy. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158459 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROPERTY INFORMATION DEVELOPMENT DISTRIBUTION AND DISPLAY - An apparatus for creating and maintaining a database containing information relating to residential properties includes an AVM device configured to receive information relating to residential properties, producing AVM values for each property and updating an AVM database with the AVM values. | 2012-06-21 |
20120158460 | DATA INTEGRATION AND ANALYSIS - Uncorrelated data from a variety of sources, such as consumer panels or retailer points of sale, are combined with maximal coverage of a universal data set for a population in a manner that permits useful inferences about behavioral propensities for the population at an individual or household level. | 2012-06-21 |