31st week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 60 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130197870 | Automated Systems for Manufacturing Patient-Specific Orthopedic Implants and Instrumentation - Disclosed herein are devices, systems and methods for the automated design and manufacture of patient-specific/patient-matched orthopedic implants. While the embodiments described herein specifically pertain to unicompartmental resurfacing implants for the knee, the principles described are applicable to other types of knee implants (including, without limitation, other resurfacing implants and joint replacement implants) as well as implants for other joints and other patient-specific orthopedic applications. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197871 | PREDICTED VALUE CALCULATION METHOD AND DESIGN SUPPORT APPARATUS - A design support apparatus includes an extraction unit that extracts component models having a connection relationship with a position specified inside a predetermined component model, from a plurality of component models that are hollow and are included in the three-dimensional model of a device to be designed, depending on whether each of the plurality of component models satisfies predetermined conditions on cross-sectional areas of the component models, and a calculation unit that calculates a predicted value of the acoustic characteristics of the component models extracted by the extraction unit. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197872 | TECHNIQUES FOR CREATING POP-UP CARDS FROM 3D MODELS - One embodiment of the invention is a pop-up engine that generates a pop-up card from a sliced 3D graphics model. In operation, a pop-up engine processes a sliced 3D model to identify locations where each slice of the 3D model is to attach to the pop-up card or to other slices of the 3D model. The pop-up engine traverses the boundary of each slice and, at intervals along the boundary, projects a ray toward the upper portion of the card. If the ray intersects a neighboring slice, then the slice attaches to the neighboring slice at that location. If, however, the ray does not intersect a neighboring slice, then the slice attaches to the upper portion of the card at that location. The pop-up engine then modifies the slice to include a hinge portion that connects the slice to either a neighboring slice or the upper portion at that location. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197873 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SITE AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION MODELING AND MANAGEMENT - System, methods, and apparatus, are described herein for modeling a site, such as a construction site. The site may include, for example, adding a new building to an existing city block, remodeling a building, re-developing an entire city/town, etc. Data may be gathered representing the site from a plurality of sources, and the data gathered may be used to determine how the new development affects the existing site. An interactive model may be generated that enables a user to walk through the site to visualize what the site will look like when completed. Hyperlinks to additional details about elements in the site may be provided. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197874 | Systems and Methods for Phase Predictive Impedance Loss Model Calibration and Compensation - The systems and methods of the present disclosure calibrate impedance loss model parameters associated with an electrosurgical system having no external cabling or having external cabling with a fixed or known reactance, and obtain accurate electrical measurements of a tissue site by compensating for impedance losses associated with the transmission line of an electrosurgical device using the calibrated impedance loss model parameters. A computer system stores voltage and current sensor data for a range of different test loads and calculates sensed impedance values for each test load. The computer system then predicts a phase value for each load using each respective load impedance value. The computer system back calculates impedance loss model parameters including a source impedance parameter and a leakage impedance parameter based upon the voltage and current sensor data, the predicted phase values, and the impedance values of the test loads. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197875 | COPULA-BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF MANUFACTURING TEST AND PRODUCT SPECIFICATION THROUGHOUT THE PRODUCT LIFECYCLE FOR ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS OR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - A method is provided for determining specifications that meet electronic system or integrated circuit product requirements at all stages of the product lifecycle. Early in the product lifecycle design features must be specified. Later in the lifecycle datasheet specifications must be determined and published to customers, and test specifications in manufacturing must be determined. The method includes acquiring data from a test vehicle, fitting the data to a copula-based statistical model using an appropriately programmed computer, and using the statistical model to compute producer- and customer-oriented figures of merit of a product, different from the test vehicle, using the appropriately programmed computer. Different size, fault tolerance schemes, test coverage, end-use (datasheet), and test condition specifications of the product may be modeled. The statistical model is a copula-based and so can take into account dependency among attributes of the product. The copula-based model has features, which enable significant computational efficiencies. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197876 | KBH Vehicle Weight Efficiency Formula - The simplest possible description of the KBH Vehicle Weight Efficiency Formula might be that of a combination of a weight-per-square-unit parameter with a power-to-weight-ratio parameter. However, the manner in which these two parameters are combined is original logic and the result is an application as a vehicle weight efficiency index value. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197877 | PROBABLISTIC SUBSURFACE MODELING FOR IMPROVED DRILL CONTROL AND REAL-TIME CORRECTION - A system, method and computer program product for generating probabilistic models of a subsurface region of the earth of interest. The system, method can be implemented efficiently to enable real-time imaging of a sub-surface structure. The system, method can provide users with the ability to assess where their subsurface images are reliable and where they are not in order to assist in the selection of low-risk, high-reward sights indicated as having oil potential for drilling. The system, method allows users to estimate a degree of uncertainty to be expected when drilling in a specific location. The knowledge of this uncertainly can be used to guide drilling in real-time to reduce the time to oil (and thereby the cost of drilling), increase the efficiency of drill maintenance and reduce the risk associated with incorrectly identifying the depth at which pressure might spike. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197878 | Multi-Objective Radiation Therapy Optimization Method - A novel and powerful fluence and beam orientation optimization package for radiotherapy optimization, called PARETO (Pareto-Aware Radiotherapy Evolutionary Treatment Optimization), makes use of a multi-objective genetic algorithm capable of optimizing several objective functions simultaneously and mapping the structure of their trade-off surface efficiently and in detail. PARETO generates a database of Pareto non-dominated solutions and allows the graphical exploration of trade-offs between multiple planning objectives during IMRT treatment planning PARETO offers automated and truly multi-objective treatment plan optimization, which does not require any objective weights to be chosen, and therefore finds a large sample of optimized solutions defining a trade-off surface, which represents the range of compromises that are possible. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197879 | MOLECULAR DESIGN APPARATUS AND METHOD - A molecular design apparatus is disclosed. Expansion coefficients applied to basis functions are calculated by expanding molecular orbital functions used to draw molecular orbitals based on the molecular structure design data. First molecular orbital data in which the expansion coefficients are corresponded to the basis functions is stored to the storage part. A coefficient threshold is determined for the expansion coefficients of the basis functions by using a drawing threshold which indicates a constant function value, to draw the molecular orbital functions as an isosurface of the constant function value on a screen of a display device. Second molecular orbital data pertinent to the expansion coefficients is stored based on the coefficient threshold to the storage part. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197880 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NESTING A NONHYDROSTATIC MODEL IN A HYDROSTATIC MODEL - System and method for adjusting the values of the prognostic variables near the interface between a nonhydrostatic, high resolution model embedded in a hydrostatic, coarser resolution model. The system and method condition the outer domain lateral boundary values to enforce conservation of volume when the variables are interpolated onto the inner domain grid. The conditioning adjusts the baroclinic normal velocities at the open boundaries before interpolation. The system and method also include a relaxation scheme which matches the values of the prognostic variables across a zone near the open boundaries of the submesoscale inner domain to prevent the development of discontinuities, reflections and perimeter currents at the periphery of the inner domain. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197881 | Method and System for Patient Specific Planning of Cardiac Therapies on Preoperative Clinical Data and Medical Images - A method and system for patient-specific planning of cardiac therapy, such as cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), based on preoperative clinical data and medical images, such as ECG data, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data, and ultrasound data, is disclosed. A patient-specific anatomical model of the left and right ventricles is generated from medical image data of a patient. A patient-specific computational heart model, which comprises cardiac electrophysiology, biomechanics and hemodynamics, is generated based on the patient-specific anatomical model of the left and right ventricles and clinical data. Simulations of cardiac therapies, such as CRT at one or more anatomical locations are performed using the patient-specific computational heart model. Changes in clinical cardiac parameters are then computed from the patient-specific model, constituting predictors of therapy outcome useful for therapy planning and optimization. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197882 | EVALUATING AND OPTIMIZING A TRAJECTORY FUNCTION - A method for evaluating a trajectory function to be followed by a physical system includes providing the trajectory function; determining a set of sampling points by sampling a trajectory based on the trajectory function in the time domain; associating a cell to each of the sampling points; assessing at least one cell metric for each of the cells; aggregating the at least one cell metric of the cells to obtain an aggregated metric measure; and evaluating the trajectory as determined by the provided trajectory function depending on the one or more aggregated metric measures. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197883 | CREATING A SYSTEM EQUILIBRIUM VIA UNKNOWN FORCE(S) - A method, apparatus, system, article of manufacture, and computer readable storage medium provide the ability to solve a not-statically determinate modeling system. A free body diagram (FBD) with a degree of freedom (DOF) greater than zero is obtained. For each beam in the FBD that has more than one DOF, a point of beam that is movable is discovered. A variable force is applied at the point. A DOF of the FBD is determined based on the application of the variable force. Based on the determining, a size of the variable force that places the FBD in equilibrium is computed. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197884 | Method and System for Advanced Measurements Computation and Therapy Planning from Medical Data and Images Using a Multi-Physics Fluid-Solid Heart Model - Method and system for computation of advanced heart measurements from medical images and data; and therapy planning using a patient-specific multi-physics fluid-solid heart model is disclosed. A patient-specific anatomical model of the left and right ventricles is generated from medical image patient data. A patient-specific computational heart model is generated based on the patient-specific anatomical model of the left and right ventricles and patient-specific clinical data. The computational model includes biomechanics, electrophysiology and hemodynamics. To generate the patient-specific computational heart model, initial patient-specific parameters of an electrophysiology model, initial patient-specific parameters of a biomechanics model, and initial patient-specific computational fluid dynamics (CFD) boundary conditions are marginally estimated. A coupled fluid-structure interaction (FSI) simulation is performed using the initial patient-specific parameters, and the initial patient-specific parameters are refined based on the coupled FSI simulation. The estimated model parameters then constitute new advanced measurements that can be used for decision making. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197885 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING DEGREE OF CONTAMINATION OF MOLTEN STEEL DURING LADLE EXCHANGE - The present invention relates to a method for predicting the degree of contamination of molten steel during ladle exchange. The method comprises: setting a casting quantity (Q) and a residual quantity of residual molten steel (Qrm); calculating, based upon the Qrm with proportional coefficients, a casting amount (Qplug) and a casting amount (Qpeak); determining preliminary degrees of contamination; and selecting the smaller of the preliminary degrees to obtain degrees of contamination. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197886 | METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THE FINITE ELEMENT DISCRETIZATION OF ARBITRARY WEAK EQUATIONS INVOLVING LOCAL OR NON-LOCAL MULTIPHYSICS COUPLINGS - Disclosed are techniques for representing and modeling one or more systems in which each system corresponds to an application mode. This may be done for one or more geometries using local and/or non-local couplings. For each application mode, physical quantities are modeled and may be defined using a graphical user interface. Physical properties may be used to model the physical quantities of each system. The physical properties may be defined in terms of numerical values or constants, and mathematical expressions that may include numerical values, space coordinates, time coordinates, and actual physical quantities. Physical quantities and any associated variables may apply to some or all of a geometric domain, and may also be disabled in other parts of a geometrical domain. Partial differential equations describe the physical quantities. One or more application modes may be combined using an automated technique into a combined system of partial differential equations as a multiphysics model. A portion of the physical quantities and variables associated with the combined system may be selectively solved for. Also described are methods for computing the stiffness matrix, residual vector, constraint matrix, and constraint residual vector for the finite element discretization of a system of partial differential equations in weak form that includes local and non-local variables coupling multiple geometries. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197887 | SEMI-AUTONOMOUS DIGITAL HUMAN POSTURING - Product Data Management systems, methods, and mediums. A method includes receiving data representing motion of a human generated by a motion capture device. The method includes identifying a generated posture of the human relative to objects in a virtual environment. The method includes determining whether the generated posture of the human intersects with an object in the virtual environment. Additionally, the method includes responsive to determining that the generated posture intersects with the object by a threshold amount, identifying a posture that will avoid intersection with the object by the threshold amount. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197888 | SIMULATING EARPIECE FIT BASED UPON DYNAMIC DATA - The attenuation and other optical properties of a medium are exploited to measure a thickness of the medium between a sensor and a target surface. Disclosed herein are various mediums, arrangements of hardware, and processing techniques that can be used to capture these thickness measurements and obtain dynamic three-dimensional images of the target surface in a variety of imaging contexts. This includes general techniques for imaging interior/concave surfaces as well as exterior/convex surfaces, as well as specific adaptations of these techniques to imaging ear canals, human dentition, and so forth. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197889 | MANAGEMENT TOOLS FOR QUANTIFICATION AND SIMULATION OF PERFORMANCE AND OUTCOME OF WINTER TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES - An apparatus and system for evaluating winter transportation infrastructure maintenance operations includes a quantification component and a simulation component. Input data representative of collected winter transportation infrastructure maintenance data and observed transportation infrastructure data are modeled in a comprehensive data processing mechanism to measure and carry out effective and efficient winter maintenance planning and operations. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197890 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a data processing device, a data processing method, and a program which enable prediction to be performed even when there is a gap in the current location data to be obtained in real time. A learning main processor | 2013-08-01 |
20130197891 | SUBSURFACE HYDROGEOLOGIC SYSTEM MODELING - A method of modeling a subsurface hydrogeologic system within a study area can include applying an electric current directly to the subsurface hydrogeologic system and monitoring a magnetic field generated by the electric current in the subsurface hydrogeologic system. An electric current distribution can be identified within the study area by an inversion process based on the magnetic field. A model of the electric current distribution can be created. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197892 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PLOTTING CORRELATED DATA - Plotting correlated data. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: displaying on a display system of a computer system a two-dimensional plot of output data related to an earth formation, the output data estimated from a model of the earth formation, and the volume plotted relative to modeled time; placing a cursor shown on the display system over a first portion of the two-dimensional plot, the first portion corresponding to a first modeled time; and displaying on the display system a three-dimensional plot of respective values of a parameter from a plurality of cells of the model of the earth formation, the respective values at the first modeled time. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197893 | METHODS FOR MODELING HEPATIC INFLAMMATION - Provided herein are in silico methods of modeling hepatic inflammation, fibrosis/cirrhosis, and cancer. The models are computer-implemented agent-based models and are useful in determining patient prognoses in hepatic conditions, including viral infections, damage, inflammation, and cancer. The modeling system also is useful in modeling the effects of active agents on normal hepatic tissue or hepatic tissue perturbed by inflammation, infection, damage, fibrosis/cirrhosis, and cancer. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197894 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRUG DEVELOPMENT - Systems and methods are provided for drug development under a fully transparent development model. The model is configured to provide transparency to the patients, the researchers, clinicians, physicians, and any other registered users of the system who wish to contribute. According to various embodiments, the system and model enable drug development that leverage the combined wisdom and insight of the user population eliminating many of the drawbacks of conventional development approaches. In one embodiment, the system includes drug development engine configured to manage execution of parameters of a clinical trial, including collection of health and treatment information from a patient population. The development engine can publish collected execution data for review and analysis. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197895 | REAL-TIME SERVER MANAGEMENT - A method for real-time server management may include determining a server architecture model based on performance characteristics of a component of a server. The method may further include determining a real-time model of the server from the server architecture model based on real-time server operation data, and adapting a performance controller for the server to operational characteristics of the server based on the real-time model. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197896 | RESOLVING OUT-OF-VOCABULARY WORDS DURING MACHINE TRANSLATION - Some implementations provide techniques and arrangements to perform automated translation from a source language to a target language. For example, an out-of-vocabulary word may be identified and a morphological analysis may be performed to determine whether the out-of-vocabulary word reduces to at least one stem. If the out-of-vocabulary word reduces to a stem, the stem may be translated. The translated stem may be inflected if the out-of-vocabulary word is inflected. If the out-of-vocabulary word has any affixes, the affixes may be translated. In some cases, the translated affixes may be reordered before being combined with the inflected and translated stem. If the out-of-vocabulary word is misspelled, the spelling of the out-of-vocabulary word may be corrected before performing the morphological analysis. If the out-of-vocabulary word is a colloquial form of a formal word, the out-of-vocabulary word may be replaced with the formal word before performing the morphological analysis. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197897 | CHARACTER TRANSLATION SYSTEM, CHARACTER TRANSLATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A search execution part of a mobile terminal device searches for pictogram data from a search site on the Internet by use of an input character string serving as a keyword, thus displaying them as translation candidates in a translation candidate display area. When a thumbnail image, corresponding to pictogram data, is selected from among the displayed translation candidates, real image data of the corresponding pictogram is downloaded from the search site. A list display generation part forwards the downloaded image data to an email editing part, and then the email editing part displays the downloaded image data, which may be subjected to an editing process, at the position of character string data in a character input area (i.e. a display area during email generation). | 2013-08-01 |
20130197898 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSLATION - Disclosed is an apparatus for providing an accurate automatic language translation service. A user terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a display unit to display a translation option setting menu for a user with respect to a source sentence of which a category is designated and to be translated; a user input unit to receive, from the user, an input on setting of a translation option; a communication unit to transmit the translation option to a translation server, and to receive a translation result from the translation server; and a control unit to control operations of the display unit, the user input unit, and the communication unit. According to the present invention, a translation service for multilingual multimedia through a natural styled highly precise automatic translation is enabled. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197899 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTEXTUALIZING DEVICE OPERATING PROCEDURES - A system and method for contextualizing operating procedures are provided. A set of procedures is provided, each including text describing user actions which are to be performed on a physical device to implement the procedure. A device model refers to components of the device on which user actions are performable and provides state charts which link an action performable on the respective component with states assumed by it. The text of each procedure is segmented to form a sequence of steps. Each step includes an action to be performed on one of the components of the device that is referred to in the device model. When a request for one of the procedures is received, the corresponding sequence of instruction steps is retrieved. A current one of the instruction steps is contextualized, based on device data received from the device and the state chart of the respective component. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197900 | Method and System for Determining Word Senses by Latent Semantic Distance - The invention relates to methods and systems for semantic disambiguation of a plurality of words. A representative method comprises providing a dataset of words associated by meaning into sets of synonyms; locating said sets at respective vertices of a graph according to semantic similarity and semantic relationship; transforming the graph into a Euclidean vector space comprising vectors indicative of respective locations of said sets; identifying a first group of said sets which include a first of said pair of words; identifying a second group of said sets which include a second of said pair of words; determining a closest pair in said vector space of said sets taken from said first and second groups of sets respectively; and outputting a meaning, of said plurality of words based on said closest pair of said sets and at least one of said semantic relationships between said closest pair of said sets. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197901 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN AUTOMATED PERSONALIZED DICTIONARY GENERATOR FOR PORTABLE DEVICES - A system and method for automated dictionary population is provided to facilitate the entry of textual material in dictionaries for enhancing word prediction. The automated dictionary population system is useful in association with a mobile device including at least one dictionary which includes entries. The device receives a communication which is parsed and textual data extracted. The text is compared to the entries of the dictionaries to identify new words. Statistical information for the parsed words, including word usage frequency, recency, or likelihood of use, is generated. Profanities may be processed by identifying profanities, modifying the profanities, and asking the user to provide feedback. Phrases are identified by phrase markers. Lastly, the new words are stored in a supplementary word list as single words or by linking the words of the identified phrases to preserve any phrase relationships. Likewise, the statistical information may be stored. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197902 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR SHARING AUDIBLE WORD TAGS - The invention provides a system, method and computer program for sharing audible word tags. The word may be an individual's name or information conveyed through series of words. An audible word tag may be recorded by an individual. The audible word tag may be embedded in electronic correspondence and/or documents for sharing with others, or accessed dynamically via the internet and/or other applicable network connectivity on an as-required basis. The method includes generating a profile for associating one or more words to an audible word tag. An audio recording is made of the one or more words. The audio recording is linked to the profile. The audible word tag is linked to one or more electronic correspondence or print. The audible word tag is accessible by a receiver of the correspondence to initiate the playback of the audio recording. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197903 | RECORDING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND DEVICE - An exemplary recording method receives the personal information of a speaker transmitted from a RFID tag through a RFID reader. Then the method receives the voice of the speaker through a microphone. The method next receives the personal information of the speaker and the identifier of the audio input device transmitted from the audio input device, and associates the personal information of the speaker with the received identifier of the audio input device. Then, the method receives the voice and the identifier of the audio input device transmitted from the audio input device. The method further converts the received voice to text. The method determines the personal information corresponding to the identifier of the audio input device received with the voice, and associates the converted text with the determined personal information to generate a record. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197904 | Indirect Model-Based Speech Enhancement - Enhanced speech is produced from a mixed signal including noise and the speech. The noise in the mixed signal is estimated using a vector-Taylor series. The estimated noise is in terms of a minimum mean-squared error. Then, the noise is subtracted from the mixed signal to obtain the enhanced speech. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197905 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND SIGNAL PROCESSING PROGRAM - To achieve sufficient noise cancellation when a reference signal cannot be captured in the proximity of a noise source. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197906 | TECHNIQUES TO NORMALIZE NAMES EFFICIENTLY FOR NAME-BASED SPEECH RECOGNITNION GRAMMARS - Techniques to normalize names for name-based speech recognition grammars are described. Some embodiments are particularly directed to techniques to normalize names for name-based speech recognition grammars more efficiently by caching, and on a per-culture basis. A technique may comprise receiving a name for normalization, during name processing for a name-based speech grammar generating process. A normalization cache may be examined to determine if the name is already in the cache in a normalized form. When the name is not already in the cache, the name may be normalized and added to the cache. When the name is in the cache, the normalization result may be retrieved and passed to the next processing step. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197907 | SERVICES IDENTIFICATION AND INITIATION FOR A SPEECH-BASED INTERFACE TO A MOBILE DEVICE - A method of providing hands-free services using a mobile device having wireless access to computer-based services includes establishing a short range wireless connection between a mobile device and one or more audio devices that include at least a microphone and speaker; receiving at the mobile device speech inputted via the microphone from a user and sent via the short range wireless connection; wirelessly transmitting the speech input from the mobile device to a speech recognition server that provides automated speech recognition (ASR); receiving at the mobile device a speech recognition result representing the content of the speech input; determining a desired service by processing the speech recognition result using a first, service-identifying grammar; determining a user service request by processing at least some of the speech recognition result using a second, service-specific grammar associated with the desired service; initiating the user service request and receiving a service response; generating an audio message from the service response; and presenting the audio message to the user via the speaker. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197908 | Speech Processing in Telecommunication Networks - Systems and methods for speech processing in telecommunication networks are described. In some embodiments, a method may include receiving speech transmitted over a network, causing the speech to be converted to text, and identifying the speech as predetermined speech in response to the text matching a stored text associated with the predetermined speech. The stored text may have been obtained, for example, by subjecting the predetermined speech to a network impairment condition. The method may further include identifying terms within the text that match terms within the stored text (e.g., despite not being identical to each other), calculating a score between the text and the stored text, and determining that the text matches the stored text in response to the score meeting a threshold value. In some cases, the method may also identify one of a plurality of speeches based on a selected one of a plurality of stored texts. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197909 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CORRECTING TRANSCRIBED AUDIO FILES - Methods and systems for correcting transcribed text. One method includes receiving audio data from one or more audio data sources and transcribing the audio data based on a voice model to generate text data. The method also includes making the text data available to a plurality of users over at least one computer network and receiving corrected text data over the at least one computer network from the plurality of users. In addition, the method can include modifying the voice model based on the corrected text data. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197910 | System and Method for Audible Text Center Subsystem - A system, method, and computer-readable storage device for sending a spoken message as a text message. The method includes initiating a connection with a first subscriber, receiving from the first subscriber a spoken message and spoken disambiguating information associated with at least one recipient address. The method further includes converting the spoken message to text via an audible text center subsystem (ATCS), and delivering the text to the recipient address. The method can also include verifying a subscription status of the first subscriber, or delivering the text to the recipient address based on retrieved preferences of the first subscriber. The preferences can be retrieved from a consolidated network repository or embedded within the spoken message. Text and the spoken message can be delivered to the same or different recipient addresses. The method can include updating recipient addresses based on a received oral command from the first subscriber. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197911 | Method and System For Endpoint Automatic Detection of Audio Record - A method and system for endpoint automatic detection of audio record is provided. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring a audio record text and affirming the text endpoint acoustic model for the audio record text; starting acquiring the audio record data of each frame in turn from the audio record start frame in the audio record data; affirming the characteristics acoustic model of the decoding optimal path for the acquired current frame of the audio record data; comparing the characteristics acoustic model of the decoding optimal path acquired from the current frame of the audio record data with the endpoint acoustic model to determine if they are the same; if yes, updating a mute duration threshold with a second time threshold, wherein the second time threshold is less than a first time threshold. This method can improve the recognizing efficiency of the audio record endpoint. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197912 | SPECIFIC CALL DETECTING DEVICE AND SPECIFIC CALL DETECTING METHOD - A specific call detecting device includes: an utterance period detecting unit which detects at least a first utterance period in which the first speaker speaks in a call between a first speaker and a second speaker; an utterance ratio calculating unit which calculates utterance ratio of the first speaker in the call; a voice recognition execution determining unit which determines whether at least one of the first voice of the first speaker and second voice of the second speaker becomes a target of voice recognition or not on the basis of the utterance ratio of the first speaker; a voice recognizing unit which detects a keyword related to a specific call from the voice determined as a target of voice recognition among the first and second voices; and a determining unit which determines whether the call is the specific call or not on the basis of the detected keyword. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197913 | EXTRACTION AND MATCHING OF CHARACTERISTIC FINGERPRINTS FROM AUDIO SIGNALS - An audio fingerprint is extracted from an audio sample, where the fingerprint contains information that is characteristic of the content in the sample. The fingerprint may be generated by computing an energy spectrum for the audio sample, resampling the energy spectrum logarithmically in the time dimension, transforming the resampled energy spectrum to produce a series of feature vectors, and computing the fingerprint using differential coding of the feature vectors. The generated fingerprint can be compared to a set of reference fingerprints in a database to identify the original audio content. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197914 | VOICE ACTIVATED AUDIO CONTROL SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE - A voice activated system for operating electronic devices in an environment includes a microphone for receiving a verbal command that requests the addition of a new voice command, a first processor, that is electrically connected to the microphone, for receiving a customized command input regarding a preexisting user for the voice activated system that should be associated with the new verbal command, input involving a new verbal command, and input involving a system command, where the first processor is then able to receive verbal input to recognize a user, a verbal command, and then determine an associated action, an appropriate command for that action and then generate an associated system command, and a second processor, in electronic communication with the first processor, and two or more electronic devices in an environment, where the second processor is capable of receiving the system command and operating the two or more devices. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197915 | SPEECH-BASED USER INTERFACE FOR A MOBILE DEVICE - A method of providing hands-free services using a mobile device having wireless access to computer-based services includes carrying out a completed speech session via a mobile device without any physical interaction with the mobile device, wherein the speech session includes receiving a speech input from a user, and obtaining from a cloud service a service result responsive to the speech input, and providing the service result as a speech response presented to the user. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197916 | TERMINAL DEVICE, SPEECH RECOGNITION PROCESSING METHOD OF TERMINAL DEVICE, AND RELATED PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, a terminal device including a main body, includes: a sound input module configured to receive a voice, convert the voice into a digital signal, and output the digital signal; a state detecting module having an acceleration sensor, configured to detect one or both of a movement and a state of the main body and output a detection result; an executing module, which is capable to execute plural speech recognition response processes, configured to execute one of the speech recognition response processes to the digital signal according to the detection result detected by the state detecting module. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197917 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UTILIZING VOICE COMMANDS ONBOARD AN AIRCRAFT - Methods and systems are provided for utilizing audio commands onboard an aircraft. A method comprises identifying a flight phase for the aircraft, resulting in an identified flight phase, receiving an audio input, resulting in received audio input, filtering the received audio input in a manner that is influenced by the identified flight phase for the aircraft, resulting in filtered audio input, and validating the filtered audio input as a first voice command of a first plurality of possible voice commands. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197918 | TRANSFERRING DATA VIA AUDIO LINK - Transferring data via audio link is described. In an example a short sequence of data can be transferred between two devices by encoding the sequence of data as an audio sequence. For example, the audio sequence may be a sequence of tones which vary in dependence on the encoded data. The sequence of data may be encoded by a first device and transmitted using a loudspeaker associated with the first device. At least one mobile communications device can be used to capture the audio sequence, for example using a microphone, and to decode the sequence, retrieving the data encoded therein. In some examples the encoded data may comprise a shortened URL or other information which can be used to control one or more aspects of the capture device. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197919 | "METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A NUMBER OF BITS FOR ENCODING AN AUDIO SIGNAL" - A method for determining a number of bits for encoding an audio signal comprising a core audio signal portion and a residual audio signal portion is described that comprises selecting, from the residual audio signal portion, a reference residual audio signal portion and at least one candidate residual audio signal portion; comparing the reference residual audio signal portion with the candidate residual audio signal portion; and determining the number of bits for encoding the audio signal depending on the result of the comparison. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197920 | DATA TRANSFER - Circuitry for transferring multiple digital data streams, e.g. digital audio data, over a single communications link such as a single wire. A pulse-length-modulator is responsive to a plurality of data streams to generate a series of data pulses with a single data pulse having a rising and falling edge in each of a plurality of transfer periods defined by a first clock signal. The timing of the rising and falling edge of each data pulse is dependent on a combination of the then current data samples from the plurality of data streams. The duration and position of the data pulse in the transfer window in effect defines a data symbol encoding the data. An interface receives the stream of data pulses, and data extraction circuitry samples the data pulse to determine which of the possible data symbols the pulse represents and determines a data value for at least one received data stream. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197921 | Methods and Systems for Requesting Compliance With a Requirement Over a Network - Systems and methods are disclosed that can be used to broadcast or otherwise send load shed and other requirements over a network to recipients. One exemplary embodiment involves sending a first broadcast message to a first group of recipients. The first broadcast message requests compliance with a requirement but does not require a synchronous reply from the first group of recipients. The first group of recipients are each configured to automatically comply with the requirement in response to receiving the first broadcast message. The exemplary embodiment further involves determining, for example, based on actual load determination, to send a second broadcast message to a second group of recipients different from the first group of recipients and sending the second broadcast message to the second group of recipients, the second broadcast message requesting compliance with the requirement. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197922 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISCOVERY AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF CLINICAL PATHWAYS - Systems, apparatus and methods are provided. An example method includes gathering healthcare data and analyzing care paths currently in use by a healthcare organization, the analyzing including analyzing patterns and variances with respect to the care paths; defining one or more evidence-based clinical pathways based on the gathered healthcare data and analyzed care paths in conjunction with practitioner review and supporting metrics; facilitating implementation of the defined one or more evidence-based clinical pathways using computerized orders, computer-facilitated workflows and clinical dashboards; tracking usage of the one or more evidence-based clinical pathways and providing reminders to users to encourage compliance; monitoring deviations from the one or more evidence-based clinical pathways; accepting feedback from at least one of patients and practitioners; and analyzing deviations and feedback with respect to the one or more evidence-based clinical pathways to determine modification of the one or more evidence-based clinical pathways. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197923 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING FRAUD - Provided is a computer-implemented system and method of preventing fraud. The system includes a communication unit for receiving a transmission of a prescription for durable medical equipment for a patient and data representing a biometric identifier of a health care provider. The communication unit receives a second transmission comprising notice of a claim by a durable medical equipment supplier for the prescribed durable medical equipment and a third transmission comprising verification that the patient received the durable medical equipment and data representing the biometric identifier of the health care provider. The system also includes a database for storing information and checking received information for instances of fraud. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197924 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR EVALUATING A HOSPITAL PATIENT'S RISK OF MORTALITY - A method for evaluating a hospital patient's risk of mortality includes collecting data from physiologic signals generated by patient monitors, physiologic signals of organ function, and demographic information for a patient. A measure of the variability of at least one of the physiologic signals is determined. Data and the measure of variability are analyzed to determine whether a value for a particular physiologic or demographic variable falls within a critical interval for the variable that indicates that the value is predictive of mortality or survival. Each time a value for a physiological or demographic variable for the patient falls within a critical interval, the occurrence of an event for the patient is recorded. The number of events for the patient is counted over a time period. Output perceptible by human user that indicates the patient's risk of mortality or likelihood of survival is generated based on the count. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197925 | BEHAVIORAL CLUSTERING FOR REMOVING OUTLYING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS - Behavioral clustering of providers may be used to identify outliers of a group of providers. Groups of healthcare providers may be built based on analysis of clinical information related to medical treatments. A plurality of subgroups of healthcare providers may be constructed in the groups, based on analysis of non-clinical information related to demographical information. First-level outlier healthcare providers may be removed from a particular group of healthcare providers, and second-level outlier healthcare providers may be removed from a particular subgroup of healthcare providers. The second-level outlier healthcare providers removed from the particular subgroup may remain in a group that contains the particular subgroup. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197926 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REFERRING PHYSICIANS BASED ON HIERARCHICAL DISEASE PROFILE MATCHING - Systems, apparatus, and methods for referring physicians based on hierarchical disease profile matching are disclosed. An example system includes a data store to include a plurality of disease profiles, each disease profile associated with a patient condition, a user interface to accept a user request for a referral of a patient to a physician, and a referral processor to compare a profile associated with the patient including a patient symptom to the plurality of disease profiles to generate one or more physician recommendations for referral, the referral processor to refine the one or more physician recommendations based on one or more characteristics associated with each of the one or more physician recommendations, the referral processor to provide the refined one or more physician recommendations to a user for review and selection via the user interface. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197927 | HEALTHCARE VALIDATION SYSTEM - A healthcare validation system may include a processor and a memory. The memory may include instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive an order for a medication from a healthcare system, receive, from at least one healthcare device, at least one information item pertaining to progress of delivery of the medication to a patient, wherein the at least one healthcare device facilitates the delivery of the medication to the patient, validate the medication being delivered to the patient based at least in part on the received order and the received at least one information item, and store an indication of whether the medication being delivered to the patient was validated. In one or more embodiments, the processor may provide an alert to a user device of a healthcare professional when the medication being delivered to the patient is not validated. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197928 | CONTEXT-AWARE HEALTHCARE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - A context-aware healthcare notification system may include a processor and a memory. The memory may include instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine when a user device is within a proximity of a healthcare device or a patient, receive information related to the healthcare device or patient from multiple healthcare systems, when the user device is determined to be within the proximity of the healthcare device or the patient, and transmit, to the user device over the communication network, at least a portion of the information. In one or more embodiments, the instructions, when executed by the processor, may further cause the processor to receive information from the healthcare device, when the user device is determined to be within the proximity of the healthcare device or the patient, and transmit, to the user device over the communication network, at least a portion of the information. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197929 | HEALTHCARE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A healthcare communication system may include a communication network along with healthcare systems and healthcare devices that are communicatively coupled to the communication network. At least one of the healthcare systems may transmit first messages that include orders for patients over the communication network to the healthcare devices. The healthcare devices facilitate providing healthcare to the patients, and transmit, to the healthcare system over the communication network and in response to receiving the first messages, second messages that indicate that the first messages comprising the orders have been received, The healthcare devices may transmit, to the healthcare system over the communication network and while the orders are being administered, third messages that each include information relating to a progress of one of the orders. The healthcare devices may further transmit, to the healthcare system over the communication network, fourth messages that indicate that the orders were administered to the patients. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197930 | INFUSION ORDER AND DELIVERY CONSISTENCY - Methods for monitoring delivery of a medication are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving first information indicating an order for a fluid medication in a container for a patient, and second information indicating a current status of delivery of fluid medication to the patient. The method also includes determining whether the order for the fluid medication for the patient is consistent with the current status of delivery of fluid medication to the patient, and providing an alert indicating an inconsistency between the order for the fluid medication and the current status of delivery of fluid medication when the order for the fluid medication for the patient is inconsistent with the delivery of fluid medication to the patient. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197931 | PREDICTIVE MEDICATION SAFETY - Methods for facilitating safe use of a medical item are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a first identifier for a medical entity located in an institution. The medical entity includes at least one of a patient, medical device, medical location, or medical item. The method also includes receiving a second identifier for a first course of action associated with the medical entity. The method further includes generating, based on a history of the medical entity and the first course of action associated with the medical entity, a second course of action for the medical entity, and providing a notification to a device indicating the second course of action. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197932 | System and Method for Healthcare Decision Support - Systems and methods are provided for providing decision making support in healthcare. A user is able to provide healthcare data, including qualifier, indications, body part modifiers, body parts, modality modifiers, modalities, procedures and protocols. A graphical user interface (GUI) is provided to allow procedure rules to be created by selecting components of the healthcare data. The procedure rules identify and recommend appropriate procedures based on user input. The GUI also allows for global rules, body part rules, modality rules and modality modifier rules to be created; these rules are contra-indicators to procedures. Upon establishing the rules, a physician can enter data about a patient into the system, and the system will use the rules to return one or more appropriate procedures. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197933 | Healthcare and Medical Information Management System - A healthcare and medical information system comprising an administrator interface configured to communicate with a device, to integrate healthcare and medical information for a plurality of individuals including a user of the device, and to provide the device access to and sharing of the healthcare and medical information associated with the user of the device. Also disclosed is an apparatus comprising a processor configured to remotely access personal healthcare and medical information of a user registered with a device on a database of integrated healthcare and medical information for a group of individuals, and enable a second device to remotely access at least some of the healthcare and medical information of the user at the database. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197934 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING BIOMARKER TEST RESULTS INTO POINT OF DISPENSATION DECISION MAKING - An IC card used for linking components of a health care transaction to results from a biomarker measurement, test or procedure, including an algorithmic-real time calculation of optimized therapy choice(s) is provided. The on-card, dynamic processing capabilities of the card can facilitate payment, selection and/or reimbursement authorization of drug, biologic or medical devices as a result of biomarker findings in order to optimize benefits and/or mitigate the risks of therapy. The card may be employed for risk mitigation strategies by coding for safety biomarker results that trigger immediate point-of-dispensation re-evaluation or discontinuation of product. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197935 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR IDENTIFYING CANDIDATES FOR A CLINICAL STUDY - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for identifying candidates for a clinical study. A method may include determining a study criteria set specifying at least one criterion for qualification for the clinical study. The method may further include accessing electronic prescription transaction information. The method may additionally include identifying one or more prospective candidates for the clinical study at least in part by analyzing the electronic prescription transaction information to determine at least one patient having a prescription history satisfying the study criteria set. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197936 | Predictive Healthcare Diagnosis Animation - Healthcare expenditures for a given group of individuals are predicted by obtaining healthcare data covering a given group of individuals over a predetermined period of time and processing the obtained healthcare data into a modified healthcare data set. The modified healthcare data set is processed through a plurality of separate analytic algorithms to generate an enriched healthcare data set comprising healthcare treatment outcome data, course of healthcare treatment data and predicted future healthcare costs for the given group of individuals. The enriched healthcare data set is stored in a database and is used to generate and display reports comprising predicted healthcare expenditures for the given groups of individuals. The displayed reports can be animated. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197937 | Real time communicable disease information system and methodology | 2013-08-01 |
20130197938 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND USING HEALTH DATA RECORD - Systems, methods and computer-readable media for creating and using a health data record. Data relating to a patient's health is received from one or more information sources. The data includes unstructured data and structured data elements. The unstructured data is parsed to identify data elements. At least some of the structured data elements and at least some of the data elements parsed from the unstructured data are normalized to create normalized data elements. A weight is assigned to the normalized data elements. The normalized data elements are mapped in accordance with an ontology. The mapped data is stored in a data repository in accordance with a data model. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197939 | SOCIAL HEALTH CARE RECORD SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for facilitating multi-faceted communication over a network. The system includes a plurality of healthcare related entities connected with a communications network. Each of the plurality of healthcare related entities serve as a source of medical records. The system includes a social health care record data bank (SHRDB) accessible by each of the plurality of entities based on rules and preferences of the entities upon authorization by the SHRDB. The SHRDB includes a processing component capable of executing stored instructions to process the medical records of the entities over the communications network. The SHRDB further includes a repository to store the medical records of the plurality of entities. The system includes a multi-faceted social health care component communicatively coupled to the SHRDB and adapted to be accessible by each of the plurality of entities. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197940 | System for Automated Health Information Exchange - In one arrangement of a system for automated health information exchange, each server is configured to receive patient encounter information from corresponding entities. The patient encounter information includes affiliation information that identifies a patient's affiliation with one or more health care entities of a group of health care entities. Once received, the server reviews the affiliation information to identify other facilities that have provided, or are about to provide, care to the patient. The server establishes and maintains a link, such as a network link, with each of these other entities identified in the patient encounter information. Based upon the links and patient authorizations, the server can automatically retrieve the patient's electronic patient records from the other facilities' servers and forward the records to its corresponding entity, or automatically send the patient's electronic patient records to the linked facilities' servers. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197941 | EMERGENCY RESPONSE HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM, ACCESS DEVICE, PATIENT TAG AND METHOD FOR SECURE ACCESS OF HEALTH INFORMATION - In one embodiment, an emergency response health information system includes: (a) a patient tag; (b) an access device; and (c) an information processing system. In one embodiment, the patient tag includes: (a) an indicia; and (b) a unique patient identifier. In one embodiment, the access device is configured to read the indicia and transmit the indicia to the information processing system. After a secure connection is established between the access device and the information processing system, the access device enables a user to enter a unique patient identifier and transmits the entered unique patient identifier to the information processing system. In one embodiment, the information processing system is configured to, after the entered unique patient identifier has been transmitted, transmit, to the access device, a first health information component. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197942 | DYNAMIC RISK MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A dynamic risk management system for use in providing remote medical management services is disclosed and described. The system includes a database and at least one processor that is programmed to calculate a dynamic risk score for each patient in a plurality of patients. The dynamic risk score is calculated continuously and receives real time data related to the patients. Based on each patient's risk score, patient care resources are dynamically allocated to the patient population and/or treatment decisions are made for the patients. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197943 | Systems, Methods, and Media for Laboratory Benefit Services - Systems, methods, and media for laboratory benefit services are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and media that enhance the quality of health care related services to a patient, thereby enhancing patient care. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197944 | Techniques for Data Reporting in an Implantable Medical Device - Methods and apparatus for storing data records associated with a medical monitoring event in a data structure. An implanted device obtains data and stores the data in the data record in a first data structure that is age-based. Before an oldest data record is lost, the oldest data record may be stored in a second data structure that is priority index-based. The priority index may be determined by a severity level and may be further determined by associated factors. The implanted device may organize, off-load, report, and/or display a plurality of data records based on an associated priority index. Additionally, the implanted device may select a subset or composite of physiologic channels from the available physiologic channels based on a selection criterion. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197945 | e-Sure Insurance Quick Verification System - System and method for providing instant access to information about a vehicles insurance coverage. The linking element physically located on the vehicle body which includes vehicle license plate, or can be installed on vehicle for the specific purpose of retrieving insurance information. Linking element can be, radio frequency identification (RFID) or barcode, or quick response code (QRC) affixed anywhere on vehicle. Authorized users immediately access and retrieve current vehicle insurance coverage from a plurality of information retrieval systems including portable and fixed scanning systems, smart phone or other portable devices based on the linking element. The RFID scanner or smart phone transmit information over a communication link to a database/fileserver containing the most current vehicle insurance information associated with vehicle's vehicle identification number. The RFID reader or smart phone then receives information from the database/fileserver on the specific VIN queried where it is reviewed by an authorized user. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197946 | MULTI PURPOSE DEVICE - Embodiments of the invention relate to systems and methods for provisioning and using a multi-purpose device. The device contains information regarding a plurality of memberships. The device contains one or more membership certificate chains, comprising multiple certificates, wherein a membership provider certificate is signed by a private key associated with a membership root certificate authority, and wherein a member certificate is signed by a private key associated with the membership provider certificate. The member certificate includes member attributes regarding the user, such as member benefit information. The device also includes a payment certificate chain, comprising multiple certificates, wherein a payment provider certificate is signed by a private key associated with a payment root certificate authority, and wherein a payment certificate is signed by a private key associated with the payment provider certificate. The payment certificate includes payment attributes regarding the user, such as a payment account. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197947 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GRAPHICALLY DISPLAYING INSURANCE COVERAGE INFORMATION - Systems and methods for graphically displaying insurance coverage information are provided. The systems and methods include accessing insurance policy information about an insuree in a coverage database, determining, with reference to the insurance policy information, at least one type of coverage available to the insuree, identifying a graphical indicator associated with the at least one type of coverage available to the insuree, and displaying the graphical indicator. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197948 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENDING MESSAGES - A computer-implemented method and system of sending messages, comprising: performing processing for a person associated with receiving a request for location information for the person for an effective time; performing processing associated with receiving any travel information; performing processing associated with receiving any geolocation information; performing processing associated with receiving any expense information; performing processing associated with receiving any home or office location information; performing processing associated with receiving any current schedule/delay information for scheduled travel services; performing processing associated with determining a locations of the person using the travel information; performing processing associated with determining the location of the person using geolocation information, home/office information, expense information, or current schedule/delay information, or any combination thereof; performing processing associated with receiving information related to the location of the person using the travel information; and performing processing associated with sending a message to a device utilized by the person. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197949 | MOBILE FOOD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A mobile food management system includes: a controller in communication with a lot owner's user interface and one or more vendor's user interfaces; a food truck lot management application accessible through the lot owner's user interface, the food truck lot management application adapted to receive a customized rule set, the customized rule set including one or more prioritization rules associated with a food truck lot; one or more food truck lot reservation applications accessible through the one or more vendor's user interfaces, the food truck lot reservation application adapted to receive one or more reservation requests; wherein the controller is adapted to receive the customized rule set from the food truck lot management application; receive one or more reservation requests from the one or more food truck lot reservation applications; and apply the customized rule set to the one or more reservation requests to determine a booking plan. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197950 | TRAVEL INFORMATION SYSTEM - A travel information system which provides travelers with reaccommodation and other information to make travel easier. An example travel information system includes a computer for determining travel change information from a transportation system, for identifying travelers associated with the travel change information, and for notifying the travelers of the travel change information at a point of travel. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197951 | Incident Management and Monitoring Systems and Methods - An incident management and monitoring system, including: at least one central controller configured to receive global resource data, user data, and organizational data; and at least one user interface in direct or indirect communication with the at least one central controller and configured to display content comprising at least one of the following: at least a portion of the global resource data; at least a portion of the user data, at least a portion of the organizational data, at least one selectable element, at least one configurable element, at least one control element, at least one user input area, visual data, processed data, or any combination thereof. A user interface for incident management and monitoring is also provided. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197952 | PRODUCT PRODUCIBLE NUMBER CALCULATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An apparatus having a processing unit for using information stored in a storage unit to calculate a producible number of each item is disclosed. The processing unit sets up a steady mode or a non-steady mode based on input information or the information stored in the storage. The processor unit operates, in the steady mode, to calculate a producible number by using a supply path stored in a supply path storage unit. In the nonsteady mode, the processor sets up a time taken for an item to be moved between hubs not being stored in the supply path storage unit, and repeatedly computes, from end-piece parts of an item configuration up to the product, a quantity of a parent item having the item as its component when this item is transferred between the hubs by use of an inventory or work-in-process quantity, thereby calculating the product producible number. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197953 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING USER REPORTING - Disclosed are methods and apparatuses that efficiently provides for end user reporting from interactive applications. One embodiment provides an approach for implementing dynamic field selection for a user to select report parameters for an end user report using the user interface of an ERP application. User inputs are used to automatically generate queries to form a report data model usable by a reporting tool. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197954 | MANAGING CROWDSOURCING ENVIRONMENTS - One or more embodiments manage web-based crowdsourcing of tasks to an unrelated group of workers. An information set associated with a task to be crowdsourced is received from at least one customer that is associated with the task. This information set comprises at least a description of the task, a reward to be provided for completion of the task, and at least one adjudication rule for accepting a task result. At least one advertising campaign for the task is created based on the information set. The advertising campaign is published for access by a set of one or more worker systems. At least one task result associated with the task is received from at least one of the set of one or more of the worker systems. The task result is compared against the rule. Task results are received and compared to the adjudication rule until the rule is satisfied. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197955 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING MAINTENANCE ROUTES WITHIN A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - Generating a maintenance route in a process control system includes creating an initial ordered list of all wireless nodes in direct communication with a wireless gateway, where the nodes are ordered by signal strength with the wireless gateway device. A subsequent ordered list is created of all nodes in direct communication with first node of the initial ordered list, where the nodes are ordered by signal strength with the first node. The subsequent ordered list is then appended to the initial ordered list after the first node. This process of creating a subsequent list and appending the initial list is iteratively repeated thereafter, each time accounting for the next node in the appended ordered list following the previous iteration until all nodes are accounted for. In the last iteration, the nodes correspond to stop points along the route and the order corresponds to the route to be taken among the stop points. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197956 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR SCHEDULING INTERPRETERS - A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program for scheduling interpreters. The method includes receiving at a computer system information from a number of interpreters; storing at least some of the interpreter information in memory accessible by the computer system; receiving at the computer system a request from a customer for an interpreter to perform an interpretation assignment; searching with the computer system the interpreter information in the memory to identify interpreters who meet a criteria of the request; providing information about the interpretation assignment to the interpreters who meet the criteria; receiving at the computer system an availability acknowledgment from at least one of the interpreters; scheduling the interpretation assignment with one of the interpreters who provides the availability acknowledgment; and notifying the customer that the interpretation assignment has been scheduled. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197957 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING WORK SCHEDULES - Disclosed are new approaches for scheduling workers at remote locations. Work assignments may be organized into shifts associated with one or more workers and one or more recipients. Tasks are associated with the shift and have an updatable status. Shifts may be replicated by cutting and pasting or by specifying a recurrence definition. The tasks associated with a shift may then be replicated. The status of tasks may be updated using a voice telephony system. The status of tasks may also be reported from a computer located on the recipient premise. Text and/or voice comments and the task status may be accessible by managers, clients, and concerned parties from a web portal accessible using a computing device, such as a tablet computer. Special classification activities may also be automatically specified according to rules and associated with shifts and replicated shifts. Methods for automatically associating providers with shifts are also disclosed. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197958 | CRITICAL DATE MANAGEMENT - A critical date management system includes a critical date management module (CDM), project management system, and flow management system in which the CDM dynamically and automatically links activities and tasks in an overall project. Once a project plan is submitted to the CDM, the individual tasks are dynamically assembled together along with all dependencies and temporal data to create a complete end-to-end process flow containing all of the interdependent tasks. The assembled flow is then submitted to the flow management system for execution. The modular approach allows for the dynamic creation of a complete end-to-end delivery flow for different projects and project changes without the need for complex contingency logic. The result is a service delivery process that is customized for each new project. Additionally, when changes are made to an active project plan, manual recalculating of coordinated activities will be performed by the critical date management system. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197959 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFECTIVE EQUIPMENT RENTAL MANAGEMENT - A system and method for providing a rental management tool is disclosed. Information via a user interface for renting one or more rental items to a customer is received. A project corresponding to a sales order for the customer is generated, wherein the sales order includes a plurality sales order lines, at least one sales order line being a rental item and at least one sales order line being a service item. Each sales order line is converted into a corresponding individual task item in the project. One or more resource requirements are determined for task item(s), wherein at least one candidate resource and associated competency information is identified and displayed. At least one candidate resource is assigned based on selection information received from the user interface. A rental invoice is generated for the sales order and incorporates cost information associated with the plurality of sales order lines and the at least one selected candidate resource. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197960 | SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCING - A computer system for adaptive construction sequencing. In one embodiment, a scheduling component is used to access a schedule for completing a project is. A 3-dimensional (3-D) simulation component is used to generate a 3-D model of at least one component used in completing the project. The 3-D simulation component is used to generate a 3-D simulation showing the construction of the project in accordance with the schedule. A cost estimating component is used to generate a cost estimate of the cost of completing the project in accordance with the schedule. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197961 | Configurable System And Method For Managing Facilities - A system allowing a user to answer a series of questions to generate survey data, associating system data with the survey data to generate a highly accurate report. The user may, customize the survey by selecting categories corresponding to certain series of questions and be presented with a running total of costs associated with each selected action, a total cost for all selected actions, and an impact on the property FCI corresponding to the selected action. The report allows, for example, for targeted assessment of select facilities systems including a time frame within which work to be performed on select facilities systems and/or a cost associated with work to be performed. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197962 | MULTIPLE-LEVEL TREATMENT FOR OPTIMIZING ONE OR MORE FLUID SEPARATION UNITS - The invention relates to the optimized management of one or more fluid production units, especially those involving fluid separation treatment, comprising: a) a data collection step, the data being on one or more values of current parameters defining a current operating point of the production unit, on a future production demand and on at least one optimization criterion; and b) a computation step for computing one or more parameters defining a new operating point of the unit, at least in accordance with this demand. The computation step b) comprises at least: 1) an estimation of at least one optimum solution for defining the new operating point; and 2) a validity test carried out on this optimum solution, at least in accordance with an analysis of the transition of the production unit from the current operating point to the new operating point. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197963 | System and Method for Calculating a Risk to an Entity - According to one embodiment, a system includes a memory, a processor, and an interface. For a first region, the processor calculates a risk associated with a political situation of the first region, a risk associated with a legal situation of the first region, a risk associated with an economic situation of the first region, a risk associated with a social situation of the first region, a risk associated with a technological situation of the first region, and a risk associated with an environmental situation of the first region. For a first entity, the processor calculates a risk associated with an exposure level of the first entity in the first region. Based at least on these calculated risks, the processor calculates a ranking for the first region, the ranking representing an amount of risk to the first entity in the first region. The interface communicates the ranking for display. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197964 | METHOD OF MASS MANUFACTURING, MAINTAINING, REPAIRING, SELLING, FINANCING, AND DELIVERING LOW-COST AND LONG-LIFE PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLES - A method of mass manufacturing is provided wherein an assembly (e.g., a passenger vehicle) is manufactured from a plurality of parts. The method comprises the steps of licensing/selecting/auditing engineering firms and independent contractors to mass manufacture the assembly in an efficient manner. Reputable agencies are designated to finance loans having a payback schedule extending substantially over the life of the manufactured assembly. The manufactured assemblies are then delivered to individuals who have obtained financing, preferably without dealer intermediates. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197965 | RISK ASSESSMENT AND MITIGATION PLANNING, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Risk management systems and methods for plant EPCCOM are described. The system comprises a risk management database for storing risk objects, each object representing a real-world risk mitigation factor. A risk recommendation engine is communicatively coupled to the risk management database and is configured to provide recommendations for mitigating and managing risks as a function of efficacy attributes of the risk objects. The efficacy attributes represent the effectiveness mama of previously implemented and/or simulated risk mitigation strategies. The efficacy attributes are preferably multi-variable dependent and are defined by prioritizing and weighing different objectives. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197966 | ANALYTICS ENGINE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING AND PREDICTING RISK AND OPPORTUNITIES - The present invention pertains to an analytics engine, system and method for providing risk/opportunity assessment and decision support solutions to users, such as for life sciences and healthcare constituents. The system includes an ontology based risk analytics engine that enhances its clients' decision making by systematically identifying and quantifying knowledge, which presents unexplored opportunities or risks. This independent review and evaluation leads to action plans that optimize critical project planning, improve success and outcome and lower costs. The system complements and extends existing internal decision processes and facilitates the systematic and unbiased application of knowledge to assist in making the best-informed decisions. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197967 | COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND PROCESSES FOR PERFORMING ORGANIZATIONAL PROJECTS, PILOT PROJECTS AND ANALYZING NEW TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION - Processes, machines, and computer-readable media are provided for proposing and evaluating pilot projects. A project management system stores feedback items specified by agents of an organizational entity in association with a pilot project. An agent may submit a feedback item in association with a type of feedback such as: problem reporting feedback, action recommending feedback, question asking feedback, feature recommending feedback, or feature listing feedback. The project management system causes display, to an agent on a type-selection interface, of two or more options, each corresponding to a different type of feedback on the pilot project. The project management system receives a selection of an option to view or create feedback items of a type. In response, the project management system causes display of feedback items of the particular type and an option to create a feedback item of the particular type. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197968 | BEHAVIORAL FINGERPRINTING WITH RETAIL MONITORING - Disclosed herein are example embodiments for behavioral fingerprinting with retail monitoring. For certain example embodiments, one or more devices may: (i) communicate for at least one interaction related to a user of a user device in a behavioral fingerprint habitat; or (ii) administer at least an aspect of at least one interaction related to a user of a user device in a behavioral fingerprint habitat. However, claimed subject matter is not limited to any particular described embodiments, implementations, examples, or so forth. | 2013-08-01 |
20130197969 | USING COMMERCIAL SHARE OF WALLET TO RATE BUSINESS PROSPECTS - Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. Research analysts can use CSoW/CSoSW to provide a comprehensive and robust indication of the business prospects of a rated company. | 2013-08-01 |