39th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 67 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130253889 | MODELING AND SIMULATION CAPABILITY FOR RESOURCE CONSUMPTION AND CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT - The present invention regards modeling and simulation (M&S) capability for resource consumption and consequence management. Embodiments of the system assist emergency planners, government officials, medical professionals, academics and others to prepare for disasters and other emergency events requiring mass evacuation or transportation of people. The system can be used for evacuation, flood and fire modeling, terrorist attacks, military logistics, mail and package delivery, urban planning, supply chain modeling, disaster recovery, animal migration, weather patterns and even in modeling the spread of infectious disease. The system of the present invention is highly extensible and scalable. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253890 | BEHAVIORAL MODEL GENERATING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR - There is provided a behavioral model generating device in which a first pattern generator selects behavioral patterns from all the behavioral patterns in behavioral pattern groups by duplicate sampling according to a weighting factor of each group, and adds modification to each pattern to generate first behavioral patterns, a second pattern generator generates device operation patterns from the first behavioral patterns, a power consumption calculator calculates power consumption data based on the device operation patterns, an evaluation selector selects behavioral patterns from the first behavioral patterns by duplicate sampling according to a likelihood of the calculated power consumption data with respect to measured power consumption data, a first updater merges a pair of most similar groups out of all the groups including a group of the selected behavioral patterns and sets a weighting factor of the merged group as a sum of respective weighting factors of the pair. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253891 | SIMULATION DEVICE, SIMULATION PROGRAM AND BINOCULAR VISION EXPERIENCING METHOD - A simulation is configured including: an image generation part configured to generate mutually different two images as an image which is viewed by right and left eyes respectively through a lens in a monovision prescription state, when a relation between a point spread function and a distance is set in a different state by wearing the lens in the monovision prescription state; and an image displayer configured to display the two different images generated by the image generation part individually for each of the right and left eyes of an examinee. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253892 | CREATING SYNTHETIC EVENTS USING GENETIC SURPRISAL DATA REPRESENTING A GENETIC SEQUENCE OF AN ORGANISM WITH AN ADDITION OF CONTEXT - A method, program product and system creating synthetic events using genetic surprisal data representing a genetic sequence of an organism with an addition of context, comprising: if the reference genome used to generate the genetic surprisal data for each of the at least two organisms is different: retrieving each of the reference genomes and dividing each of the reference genomes into pieces corresponding to the genetic surprisal data of the organisms; and combining the pieces of the reference genomes together to form a single reference genome. Synthetic events are created based on searching the genetic surprisal data for at least one attribute repeated at a frequency within the genetic surprisal data of the organisms and organism records, optimizing the genetic surprisal data through clustering defined by at least one parameter; and forming at least two cohorts, a control cohort and a treatment cohort based on optimization of the surprisal data. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253893 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING FOR A SURGICAL PROCEDURE - A method of preparing for a surgical procedure includes creating a three-dimensional bone model of a subject bone of a patient. At least a portion of the bone model is compared to at least one three-dimensional reference anatomic model. At least one structural difference between the bone model and the at least one reference anatomic model is identified. At least one desired subject bone structural change is specified to produce a modified bone model responsive to the step of identifying at least one structural difference between the bone model and the at least one reference anatomic model. An apparatus for preparing for a surgical procedure is also provided. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253894 | Systems And Methods For Predicting Protein-Protein Interactions - The present subject matter relates to systems and methods for predicting molecular interactions within biological networks based on structural and non-structural indicators. Such molecules include but are not limited to proteins, nucleic acids and small molecules. In some embodiments, the present subject matter is directed to methods for predicting protein-protein interactions comprising obtaining a pair of query proteins, using sequence alignment to identify structural representatives for each of the pair of query proteins, and using structural alignment to determine sets of close and remote structural neighbors for each of the structural representatives. The method can include analyzing the close and remote structural neighbors to identify a reported complex, and using the reported complex to define a template for creating a model for interaction of the pair of query proteins. In another embodiment, the method includes determining sets of non-structural and structural-based scores to measure properties of the modeled interaction and the query proteins. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253895 | Quantification of blood volume flow rates from dynamic angiography data - Systems and methods are disclosed for quantifying absolute blood volume flow rates by fitting a kinetic model incorporating blood volume, bolus dispersion and signal attenuation to dynamic angiographic data. A self-calibration method is described for both 2D and 3D data sets to convert the relative blood volume parameter into absolute units. The parameter values are then used to simulate the signal arising from a very short bolus, in the absence of signal attenuation, which can be readily encompassed within a vessel mask of interest. The volume flow rate can then be determined by calculating the blood volume within the vessel mask and dividing by the simulated bolus duration. This method is exemplified using non-contrast magnetic resonance imaging data from a flow phantom and the cerebral arteries of healthy volunteers and a patient with Moya-Moya disease acquired using a 2D vessel-encoded pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling pulse sequence. This allows flow quantification in downstream vessels from each brain-feeding artery separately. The systems and methods can be of use in patients with a variety of cerebrovascular diseases, such as the assessment of collateral flow in patients with steno-occlusive disease or the evaluation of arteriovenous malformations. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253896 | OPTIMIZING OPTICAL NETWORK SIMULATIONS - According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method of modeling an optical signal transmission path may include obtaining first transmission characteristics of an optical signal transmission path within an optical network based on a parameter of the optical network and randomly changing states of polarization of an optical signal within the optical signal transmission path. The method may also include obtaining second transmission characteristics of the optical signal transmission path based on the parameter and a first fixed state of polarization of the optical signal. The method may also include correlating the first transmission characteristics with the second transmission characteristics to obtain an effective state of polarization of the optical signal. A simulation of the optical signal transmission path based on the parameter and the effective state of polarization of the optical signal may produce transmission characteristics that may approximate the first transmission characteristics. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253897 | PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - A process control system that controls an industrial process implemented in a plant, may include: a network provided in the plant; a first field device that is connected to the network, the first field device being configured to output one of measurement data, which is obtained by measuring a state quantity in the industrial process, and first simulation data, which simulates the state quantity; a controller that is connected to the network, the controller being configured to perform control in response to one of the measurement data and the first simulation data output from the first field device; and a simulator configured to generate the first simulation data to be output from the first field device. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253898 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODEL-DRIVEN DEMAND RESPONSE - A system and method for providing real-time modeling of an electrical power system for demand response. In an embodiment, real-time data is acquired from an electrical power system. Predicted data is generated for the electrical power system utilizing a virtual system model of the electrical power system. If a difference between the real-time data and predicted data exceeds a threshold, a calibration and synchronization operation is initiated to update the virtual system model to provide predicted data that is consistent with the real-time data. In addition, patterns observed from the real-time data and predicted data may be processed, and an aspect of the electrical power system can be forecasted. The forecasted aspect may then be provided to a demand response market system. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253899 | Determining Simulation Fidelity in a Self-Optimized Simulation of a Complex System - Mechanisms are provided for controlling a fidelity of a simulation of a computer system. A model of the system is received that has a plurality of components. A representation of the plurality of individual components of the system is generated. A component is assigned to be a fidelity center having a highest possible associated fidelity value. Fidelity values are assigned to each other component in the plurality of individual components based on an affinity of the other component to the fidelity center. The system is simulated based on assigned fidelity values to the components in the plurality of individual components. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253900 | DEVICE ORIENTATION BASED TRANSLATION SYSTEM - A method for translating content includes providing a plurality of content on a user device. The plurality of content is associated with a first region display mode. The plurality of content is displayed on the user device in the first region display mode. A predefined orientation is then detected in the user device. The plurality of content is then translated according to a second region display mode to produce a plurality of translated content. The plurality of translated content is then displayed on the user device. In different embodiments, the plurality of content may have been previously provided on the user device, may be retrieved over a network by the user device, or my be received through a user interface on the user device. A specific embodiment allows a user to rotate the user device 180 degrees to quickly and easily translate text displayed on the user device. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253901 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC LANGUAGE TRANSLATION FOR APPLICATIONS - System and method to translate displayed text of a computer application, the method including: intercepting a command to display text in a first language, the command comprising the text to display in the first language; extracting text to translate from the command; querying a translation mechanism by use of the extracted text; receiving translated text in a second language from the translation mechanism; and displaying the translated text in the second language. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253902 | METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATED TRANSLATION OF INFORMATION - A method for automated translation of information comprising the use of an intermediate language when automated translation of information from one natural language (“Language 1”) into another natural language (“Language 2”) is implemented, wherein the intermediate language is one artificial language or more than one artificial languages or a combination of an artificial language and one natural language or more than one natural languages, herewith initially automated translation of information from the Language 1 into the said intermediate language is implemented and then automated translation of information from the said intermediate language into the Language 2 is implemented, herewith an artificial language includes or consists of: a) programming language, or b) computer software program, or c) programming language and computer software program. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253903 | TEXT CONVERSION AND REPRESENTATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method of phonetically encoding a text document. The method comprises providing, for a current word in the text document, a phonetically equivalent encoded word comprising one or more syllables, each syllable comprising a sequence of phonemes from a predetermined phoneme set, the sequence being phonetically equivalent to the corresponding syllable in the current word, and adding the phonetically equivalent encoded word or the current word at a current position in the phonetically encoded document. Each phoneme in the phoneme set is associated with a base grapheme that is pronounced as the phoneme in one or more English words. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253904 | Client Specific Interactions with Enterprise Software Systems - Provided are a system and method for automatic selective optimization and rendering of content based on characteristics of a client device. In one exemplary embodiment, a system for automatic selective optimization and rendering of content based on characteristics of a client device includes a communication module to receive the content from a enterprise system, with the enterprise system being pre-configured based on specific business rules, an analyzing module to determine properties associated with the content; an optimization module to selectively optimize the content, based on the properties associated with the content and the characteristics of the client device, thereby producing optimized content, and a rendering module to facilitate selective rendering of the optimized content on the client device, thereby providing for the selective optimization and rendering of the content without having to reconfigure the enterprise system. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253905 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD ENABLING IDENTIFICATION OF PREVIOUSLY ENTERED DATA FOR TRANSLITERATION OF AN INPUT - An improved mobile electronic device and associated method enable the identification of previously-entered textual objects in one or more custom wordlists to identify possible transliterations of textual inputs. Such textual objects can be stored as data in a Pinyin custom wordlist if it is in the nature of Standard Mandarin characters or it can be stored in a BoPoMoFo custom wordlist if it is in the nature of Traditional Chinese characters, or it can be stored in both if it is in the nature of both Standard Mandarin characters and Traditional Chinese characters. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253906 | ENVIRONMENT SENSITIVE PREDICTIVE TEXT ENTRY - Environmental factors may be used in a predictive text system provided in a device. The device may receive one or more characters entered by a user and determine, based on the one or more characters, words that are predicted to be words being entered by the user of the device, where the words are determined using grammar-based predictive techniques. The device may determine confidence scores, corresponding to the words. The device may refine the scores based on environmental data that includes data that describes an environment associated with the user of the device. The device may select, based on the refined plurality of scores, a subset of the plurality of words and output the subset of the plurality of words. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253907 | INTENTION STATEMENT VISUALIZATION - An example system includes an extraction module, an intention processing module, and an intention visualization module. The extraction module is configured to ingest textual data from a text source. The intention processing module is configured to process the textual data and identify one or more intention statements within the textual data. The intention visualization module is configured to provide an interactive interface that facilitates filtering and visualization of aspects of the one or more intention statements. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253908 | Method and System For Predicting Words In A Message - A method may include receiving a context comprising data that is indicative of one or more characters input by a user at the first computing device, sending information comprising at least a portion of the context and determining a first predicted word based at least in part on the context. The determining may be based at least in part on a local language model. The method may include receiving a second predicted word from a second computing device within a time period. The second predicted word may be determined based at least in part on the context and a remote language model, and the local language and the remote language model may be different. The method may include identifying one of the first predicted word and the second predicted word as a final predicted word, and outputting the final predicted word at a display. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253909 | SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION SYSTEM - Method(s) and system(s) for speech processing of second language speech are described. According to the present subject matter, the system(s) implement the described method(s) for speech processing of Oriya English. The method for speech processing include receiving a plurality of speech samples of Oriya English to form a speech corpora where the plurality of speech samples comprise sounds of both vowels and consonants and, a plurality of speech parameters are associated with each of the plurality of speech samples. Method also includes determining values of the plurality of speech parameters for each of the plurality of speech samples and identifying difference between the values of each of the plurality of speech parameters and a corresponding value of accent neutral English. Further, the method includes articulating governing language rules based on the identifying to assess phonetic variation and mother tongue influence in sounds of vowels and consonants of Oriya English. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253910 | Systems and Methods for Analyzing Digital Communications - Systems and methods are provided for analyzing text within digital document. In some cases the analysis can include receiving and/or generating a digital document with processing circuitry and determining a distribution of each of a plurality of document terms based on occurrences of the document terms within a text sample and occurrences of sample terms within the text sample. Processing circuitry may be further used to determine a distribution characteristic for each of the plurality of document terms. The distribution characteristic for each document term can provide a measure of a characteristic of each respective document term's distribution. In some cases a characterization is provided of the text in the digital document with the processing circuitry based on the distribution characteristic of at least one of the plurality of document terms. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253911 | Real-time Data Localization - A method, apparatus, and system are provided for performing a real-time or a near real-time localization of data. The method comprises monitoring an input string and comparing a semantic associated with the input string to a semantic associated with at least one stored string. The method further comprises providing the stored string as an alternative to the input string. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253912 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING TEXT INTO ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A text prediction engine, a system comprising a text prediction engine, and a method for generating sequence predictions. The text prediction engine, system and method generate a final set of sequence predictions, each with an associated probability value. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253913 | KNOWLEDGE STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for representing, storing and retrieving real-world knowledge on a computer or network of computers is disclosed. Knowledge is broken down into permanent atomic “facts” which can be stored in a standard relational database and processed very efficiently. It also provides for the efficient querying of a knowledge base, efficient inference of new knowledge and translation into and out of natural language. Queries can also be processed with full natural language explanations of where the answers came from. The method can also be used in a distributed fashion enabling the system to be a large network of computers and the technology can be integrated into a web browser adding to the browser's functionality. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253914 | NET MODERATOR - A method and an apparatus for moderating an inappropriate relationship between two parties by analyzing a dialog between the two parties. The method and apparatus creates an alert depending upon the nature of the dialog between the two parties. The alert is sent to a third party who can moderate the relationship between the two parties. The third party can ban or block the dialog between the two parties based upon the inappropriate relationship between the two parties. A banning or block of the dialog between the two parties can also be automated. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253915 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TEXT DISAMBIGUATION - A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood that a user intended a particular output, but various features of the device provide additional variants that are not based solely on frequency and rather are provided by various logic structures resident on the device. The device enables editing during text entry and also provides a learning function that allows the disambiguation function to adapt to provide a customized experience for the user. The disambiguation function can be selectively disabled and an alternate keystroke interpretation system provided. Additionally, the device can facilitate the selection of variants by displaying a graphic of a special key of the keypad that enables a user to progressively select variants generally without changing the position of the user's hands on the device. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253916 | EXTRACTING TERMS FROM DOCUMENT DATA INCLUDING TEXT SEGMENT - A computer system, method, and article of manufacture for extracting a term from electronic document data that includes a text segment. The system includes: a first extraction unit that uses a first text processing information to extract a noun word from the document data; a second extraction unit that uses a second text processing information to extract a term candidate in relation to the noun word or a corpus that includes text data described in the same language used in the document data; a weight assignment unit that uses a third text processing information to select which type to assign a weight from the plurality of types and assigns the weight to the selected type for each noun word and term candidate; a determination unit that determines the type to which the noun word and term candidate belong; and an output unit to output the noun word and term candidate. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253917 | PSYCHOACOUSTIC FILTER DESIGN FOR RATIONAL RESAMPLERS - The present document relates to the design of anti-aliasing and/or anti-imaging filters for resamplers using rational resampling factors. In particular, the present document relates to a method for designing such filters having a reduced number of filter coefficients or an increased perceptual performance, as well as to the filters designed using such method. A method for designing a filter ( | 2013-09-26 |
20130253918 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING, DECODING, AND UTILIZING HIDDEN DATA EMBEDDED IN AUDIO SIGNALS - A system and method for enabling a user to retrieve, decode, and utilize hidden data embedded in audio signals. An exemplary implementation includes a microphone structured to receive sound waves representative of an audio signal and hidden data embedded in the audio signal. The then microphone converts the received sound waves into an electrical output signal. The system also includes a processor electrically coupled to the microphone and configured to receive the electrical output signal in order to extract the hidden data and provide information represented by the hidden data as an output thereof. A user interface is also provided and is electrically coupled to the processor and configured to receive a first input from the user and activate the processor to selectively initiate extraction of the hidden data. The processor produces as an output the information represented by the hidden data. Finally, the system includes a user presentation mechanism configured to present the information to the user. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253919 | Method and System for Enrolling a Voiceprint in a Fraudster Database - Disclosed is a method for enrolling a voiceprint in a fraudster database, the method comprising: a) defining a fraud model comprising at least one hypothesis indicative of a fraudulent transaction; b) processing audio data based on the fraud model to identify at least one suspect voiceprint in the audio data suspected of belonging to a fraudster; and c) enrolling the at least one suspect voiceprint in the fraudster database. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253920 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROBUST SPEAKER AND SPEECH RECOGNITION - A method of processing a speech signal comprises converting the speech signal to digital signals, converting the digital speech signal into short-time frames, applying a Fast Fourier Transform to each of the short-time frames to obtain an original spectrum, deriving a varied spectrum based on the original spectrum, applying discrete cosine transform to compute original cepstrum coefficients for the original spectrum and varied cepstrum coefficients for the varied spectrum and generating a set of frontend feature vectors for each of the short-time frames. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253921 | Method and Apparatus to Prepare Listener-Interest-Filtered Works - An embodiment of the present invention is a method of presenting at least a portion of an audio or audio-visual work including: (a) retrieving an average speed contour or a democratic speed contour from a database apparatus; and (b) presenting the at least a portion at a playback apparatus using the retrieved average speed contour or democratic speed contour to provide presentation rates. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253922 | PARAMETER DECODING APPARATUS AND PARAMETER DECODING METHOD - A parameter decoding apparatus includes a prediction residue decoder that finds a quantized prediction residue based on encoded information included in a current frame subject to decoding and a moving-average predictor produces a predicted parameter by multiplying a predictive coefficient with a past quantized prediction residue. An adder decodes a parameter by adding the quantized prediction residue and the predicted parameter, wherein the prediction residue decoder, when the current frame is erased, finds a current-frame quantized prediction residue from a weighted linear sum of a parameter decoded in the past and a future-frame quantized prediction residue. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253923 | MULTICHANNEL ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM FOR PRESERVING SPATIAL CUES - A method is disclosed for maintaining spatial queues in digital sound signals. Sound signals are received from each of a plurality of transducers. The sound signals are transformed using a common real-valued spectral gain, G, to maintain spatial cues within the sound signals, the common spectral gain, G, determined by: calculating G as a function of a derivative of a known cost function and as a function of at least one multichannel frequency-domain Bayesian short-time estimator. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253924 | Speech Conversation Support Apparatus, Method, and Program - According to one embodiment, a speech conversation support apparatus includes a division unit, an analysis unit, a detection unit, an estimation unit and an output unit. The division unit divides a speech data item including a word item and a sound item into a plurality of divided speech data items. The analysis unit obtains an analysis result. The detection unit detects, for each divided speech data item, at least one clue expression indicating one of an instruction by a user and a state of the user. The estimation unit estimates, if the clue expression is detected, playback data item from at least one divided speech data item corresponding to a speech uttered before the clue expression is detected. The output unit outputs the playback data item. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253925 | Speech Recognition in a Lighting Apparatus - Acoustic energy is received at a lighting apparatus to create acoustic data, and speech recognition is performed on the acoustic data to determine one or more words. A message based on the acoustic data is sent across a network from the lighting apparatus. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253926 | SPEECH DIALOGUE SYSTEM, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND DATA CENTER APPARATUS - A speech dialogue system includes a data center apparatus and a terminal apparatus. The data center apparatus acquires answer information for request information obtained in a speech recognition process for speech data from a terminal apparatus, creates a scenario including the answer information, creates first synthesized speech data concerning the answer information, transmits the first synthesized speech data to the terminal apparatus, and transmits the scenario to the terminal apparatus while the first synthesized speech data is being created in the creating the first synthesized speech data. The terminal apparatus creates second synthesized speech data concerning the answer information in the received scenario, receives the first synthesized speech data, selects one of the first synthesized speech data and the second synthesized speech data based on a determination result regarding whether the reception of the first synthesized speech data is completed, and reproduces speech. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253927 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING DISCUSSION REGARDING MEDIA PROGRAMS - A process and system including a device including a controller to detect a plurality of users engaging in a voice conference related to a presentation of a media program, convert speech dialog detected in the voice conference to textual dialog, detect from the textual dialog a behavioral profile of at least one of the plurality of users, and identify at least one of advertisement content and marketable media content for the plurality of users based on the behavioral profile of the at least one user. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253928 | Voice Control For Asynchronous Notifications - A computing device may receive an incoming communication and, in response, generate a notification that indicates that the incoming communication can be accessed using a particular application on the communication device. The computing device may further provide an audio signal indicative of the notification and automatically activate a listening mode. The computing device may receive a voice input during the listening mode, and an input text may be obtained based on speech recognition performed upon the voice input. A command may be detected in the input text. In response to the command, the computing device may generate an output text that is based on at least the notification and provide a voice output that is generated from the output text via speech synthesis. The voice output identifies at least the particular application. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253929 | MOBILE SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SUPPORTING NATURAL LANGUAGE HUMAN-MACHINE INTERACTIONS - A mobile system is provided that includes speech-based and non-speech-based interfaces for telematics applications. The mobile system identifies and uses context, prior information, domain knowledge, and user specific profile data to achieve a natural environment for users that submit requests and/or commands in multiple domains. The invention creates, stores and uses extensive personal profile information for each user, thereby improving the reliability of determining the context and presenting the expected results for a particular question or command. The invention may organize domain specific behavior and information into agents, that are distributable or updateable over a wide area network. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253930 | FACTORED TRANSFORMS FOR SEPARABLE ADAPTATION OF ACOUSTIC MODELS - Various technologies described herein pertain to adapting a speech recognizer to input speech data. A first linear transform can be selected from a first set of linear transforms based on a value of a first variability source corresponding to the input speech data, and a second linear transform can be selected from a second set of linear transforms based on a value of a second variability source corresponding to the input speech data. The linear transforms in the first and second sets can compensate for the first variability source and the second variability source, respectively. Moreover, the first linear transform can be applied to the input speech data to generate intermediate transformed speech data, and the second linear transform can be applied to the intermediate transformed speech data to generate transformed speech data. Further, speech can be recognized based on the transformed speech data to obtain a result. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253931 | MODELING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SPEAKER RECOGNITION, AND SPEAKER RECOGNITION SYSTEM - A modeling device and method for speaker recognition and a speaker recognition system are provided. The modeling device comprises a front end which receives enrollment speech data from each target speaker, a reference anchor set generation unit which generates a reference anchor set using the enrollment speech data based on an anchor space, and a voice print generation unit which generates voice prints based on the reference anchor set and the enrollment speech data. With the present disclosure, by taking the enrollment speech and speaker adaptation technique into account, anchor models with smaller size can be generated, so reliable and robust speaker recognition with smaller size reference anchor set is possible. It brings great advantages for computation speed improvement and great memory reduction. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253932 | CONVERSATION SUPPORTING DEVICE, CONVERSATION SUPPORTING METHOD AND CONVERSATION SUPPORTING PROGRAM - A conversation supporting device of an embodiment of the present disclosure has a information storage unit, a recognition resource constructing unit, and a voice recognition unit. Here, the information storage unit stores the information disclosed by a speaker. The recognition resource constructing unit uses the disclosed information to construct the recognition resource including a voice model and a language model for recognition of voice data. The voice recognition unit uses the recognition resource to recognize the voice data. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253933 | VOICE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND NAVIGATION DEVICE - A voice recognition device | 2013-09-26 |
20130253934 | SOCIAL BROADCASTING USER EXPERIENCE - A method of providing user participation in a social broadcast environment is disclosed. A network communication is received from a user of a broadcast that includes a preference data indicating a preference of the user that a promoted content be included in the broadcast. Via a responsive network communication, a feedback data is provided to the user that includes a predicted future time at which the promoted content may be included in the broadcast. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253935 | Indicating A Page Number Of An Active Document Page Within A Document - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for indicating a page number of an active document page within a document are provided. Embodiments include detecting, by a presentation controller, activation of a document page on a presentation device; in response to detecting the activation of the document page on the presentation device, tracking, by the presentation controller, an amount of time that the document page is consecutively active on the presentation device; determining, by the presentation controller, that the amount of time that the document page is consecutively active on the presentation device exceeds a predetermined threshold; and in response to determining that the predetermined threshold has been exceeded, providing to a target source, by the presentation controller, an output indicating a page number of the document page while the document page is active on the presentation device. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253936 | MEMORY AID DEVICE - A device for aiding memory is provided having a series of actuators which are independently actuatable by a user. The device includes means for enabling a plurality of audible messages to be created by the user that are each assignable to one of the actuators. Each audible message is playable by actuation of the actuator to which it is assigned. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253937 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SMART VOICE RECOGNITION - A display device with a voice recognition capability may be used to allow a user to speak voice commands for controlling certain features of the display device. As a means for increasing operational efficiency, the display device may utilize a plurality of voice recognition units where each voice recognition unit may be assigned a specific task. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253938 | Audio Encoding Using Adaptive Codebook Application Ranges - A low bit rate digital audio coding system includes an encoder which assigns codebooks to groups of quantization indexes based on their local properties resulting in codebook application ranges that are independent of block quantization boundaries. The invention also incorporates a resolution filter bank, or a tri-mode resolution filter bank, which is selectively switchable between high and low frequency resolution modes or high, low and intermediate modes such as when detecting transient in a frame. The result is a multichannel audio signal having a significantly lower bit rate for efficient transmission or storage. The decoder is essentially an inverse of the structure and methods of the encoder, and results in a reproduced audio signal that cannot be audibly distinguished from the original signal. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253939 | AUDIO ENCODING DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM, AND AUDIO DECODING DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM - An audio packet error concealment system includes an encoding unit for encoding an audio signal consisting of a plurality of frames, and an auxiliary information encoding unit for estimating and encoding auxiliary information about a temporal change of power of the audio signal. The auxiliary information is used in packet loss concealment in decoding of the audio signal. The auxiliary information about the temporal change of power may contain a parameter that functionally approximates a plurality of powers of subframes shorter than one frame, or may contain information about a vector obtained by vector quantization of a plurality of powers of subframes shorter than one frame. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253940 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSIS INVOLVING CROWDSOURCING - A system and method for diagnosing a condition or problem (including but not limited to health-related conditions) includes at least one computing device configured to perform steps including collecting and storing electronic data from a search user seeking to obtain diagnosis, applying stored diagnosis rules to the electronic data to identify possible diagnoses each having an associated diagnosis rule trust factor and based on information received from expert users and non-preselected contributing users, and communicating multiple of possible diagnoses based at least in part on diagnosis rule trust factors. User feedback and data mining applied to search data may also be used to help a learning engine improve diagnosis results over time. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253941 | METHOD FOR SCHEDULING MEDICAL FACILITIES - The invention is a medical procedure case scheduling system which provides real time communication between varying departments of a hospital and healthcare facilities vendors. A surgical case or procedure is posted on the system in a particular color. After posting, all associated parties from the hospital staff and the vendors can visually see the case along with the specific case details once they are logged into the system. The vendors have the ability to acknowledge and verify the case and supply case specific equipment and accessories lists back to the facility. Once the case has been verified, the display changes to a different color so that all parties can visually see the verification process. When the vendor's equipment and accessories are all present and the case is ready. A ready color indication is displayed on the schedule calendar. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253942 | Methods and Apparatus for Smart Healthcare Decision Analytics and Support - The present invention discloses methods and apparatus for developing, analyzing, investigating, and advising healthcare and well-being related decisions. In particular, the present invention relates to the architecture of systems in either stand-alone or distributed/collaborative/pervasive settings, the components of the systems and their underlying processes and couplings, the computational techniques built into the methods, input data sources integrated into and output results produced and distributed by the systems, as well as the apparatus for carrying out the corresponding user interaction, data access and collection, data integration and processing, data-driven inferences and simulation, intelligent computations, decision analytics, and decision support to generating solutions to various healthcare analytics and decision-making problems. This invention also relates to two working illustrations of the methods and apparatus that present the embodiment illustrations of the present invention. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253943 | EXERCISE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD - An exercise management method, apparatus, and system by which a user can appropriately exercise without trainer's help are provided. The exercise management method of a mobile communication terminal in the exercise management system includes receiving an exercise program configured based on user information regarding a user from a trainer console which configures the exercise program, transmitting exercise data included in the exercise program to a health machine, receiving state information indicating a current health state of the user using the health machine from a state sensor when the health machine operates according to the exercise data, determining whether an abnormality occurs in a health state of the user based on the state information, and informing the user of occurrence of the abnormality when the abnormality occurs in the user's health state. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253944 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING QUALITY OF PERFORMANCE AND/OR COMPLIANCE WITH PROTOCOL OF A CLINICAL STUDY - A method is proposed for determining clinical study compliance. The method includes obtaining criteria for the clinical study and accessing stored clinical data relating to the clinical study. Thereafter, the criteria and clinical data are correlated to determine a measure of compliance with the criteria of the clinical study. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253945 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING QUALITY OF PERFORMANCE AND/OR COMPLIANCE WITH PROTOCOL OF A CLINICAL STUDY - A method is proposed for determining clinical study compliance. The method includes obtaining criteria for the clinical study and accessing stored clinical data relating to the clinical study. Thereafter, the criteria and clinical data are correlated to determine a measure of compliance with the criteria of the clinical study. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253946 | COMPUTERIZED METHOD OF DETERMINING MEDICAL TREATMENT VALUES - A computerized method of providing patient treatment values in real time, including the steps of providing a computer database having a plurality of predetermined patient selection criteria, patient condition categories, and drug selection, dosing values and related information, and providing an input device in communication with the computer database for inputting one or more of the patient selection criteria, patient condition categories and drug selection and dosing values and related information. A computer display in communication with the computer database and the input device is provided for displaying precalculated dosing values based on one or more inputted patient selection criteria, patient condition categories and dosing values and related information. One or more of the patient selection criteria, patient condition categories and treatment type is input by the input device into the computerized database provided in step (a) and associating a unique identifier with the inputted information. An appropriate drug dose is determined by the computer database, based on one or more of the patient selection criteria, patient condition categories and drug dosage values. The unique identifier is then used to communicate the appropriate drug dosage for administration to the patient. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253947 | SYSTEM FOR MIGRATING PERSONAL HEALTH INFORMATION AND METHODS THEREOF - Generally described, the present disclosure relates to medical information and more particularly, to a system for migrating personal health information and methods thereof. In an illustrative embodiment, the migration platform can include an importation and reconciliation module, migration form and exportation module. The importation module can load the migration platform with known information from a source system. In turn, the reconciliation module can determine what elements can be automatically transferred to the target system and which elements to apply migration business rules to. A migration technician can convert elements which cannot be automatically migrated. The migration form can break down and group the patient's chart into sections and elements for review by the technician. The migration form can also display the elements in an easy-to-follow format and manage pairs of information. The exportation module of the migration platform can take the completed chart, after review, and populate the target system. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253948 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT REVIEW - A method of medical treatment review. The method can include the steps of receiving patient data into a patient database in which the patient data at least includes a diagnosis of the patient and providing one or more treatment protocols for the patient for selection by a treating provider in which the treatment protocols are pre-approved for the patient diagnosis. The method can also include the steps of analyzing a selection of a treatment protocol by the treating provider and generating an authorization of the selected treatment protocol based on predefined criteria. Generating the authorization of the selected treatment protocol can include generating the authorization without any peer review if the selected protocol meets the predefined criteria or generating the authorization following peer review if the selected protocol does not meet the predefined criteria. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253949 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTION OF CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE WITH REIMBURSEMENT POTENTIAL - A computerized Medical Information Navigation Engine (“MINE”) extracts clinical knowledge, by identifying coded elements with reimbursement potential contributing to payoff based on clinical history, and subtracting coded elements documented in an encounter from the coded elements, based on business logic. The MINE sorts the remaining coded elements in accordance with one optimization criteria to payoff based on clinical history. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253950 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING PATIENT IDENTIFICATION - A patient support apparatus includes a microphone and a controller. The microphone is configured to record a patient's verbal acknowledgement of his identity and generate a first input signal in response to the patient's verbal acknowledgement. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253951 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR TABLET BASED HEALTHCARE COMMUNICATION - In some embodiments, a system includes a server, a patient device, and a caregiver device. The patient device is associated with a patient and is configured to communicate with the server. The patient device is configured to send signals of various urgency to the server. The server can prioritize a caregivers workflow and send a list of tasks to the caregiver via the caregiver device. The order of the list of tasks can be based, at least in part, on the urgency of a signal sent by the patient device. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253952 | MEDICAL EQUIPMENT CUSTOMER WEB PORTAL - A system for managing medical equipment is described. The system includes an equipment tracking module to maintain equipment records corresponding to medical equipment that are shipped from a medical equipment manufacturer to a medical center. The system also includes a patient information tracking module to maintain patient records corresponding to patients of the medical center and to associate the patient records with the equipment records when the patients are equipped with the medical equipment. In addition, the system includes a mapping module to provide locations of medical facilities capable of providing support for the medical equipment for patients that have been discharged from the medical center. Other embodiments are also described. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253953 | CASE SEARCH DEVICE AND METHOD - Image search conditions that are past search conditions are displayed in an image search history area, and text search conditions are displayed in a text search history area. When a user selects a desired image search condition out of the search conditions displayed in the image search history area, and selects a desired text search condition out of the search conditions displayed in the text search history area, case data that matches the selected image search condition and the text search condition is extracted from a database and displayed in a search result display area. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253954 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CASE DATABASE - There is provided a system and method for managing a case database that can enhance the quality of information to be registered. Once a user performs an operation to request registration of a case, it is first searched whether or not a case that can be determined to be similar to the case has already been registered in a case database. A result of the search is then reported, while executable processing options determined based on the result of the search are also reported. If the case that can be determined to be similar has already been registered, the executable processing options include processing of registering as a new case, processing of registering by adding into an existing case, and processing of cancelling registration. If the case that can be determined to be similar has not been registered, the executable processing options include processing of registering as a new case and processing of cancelling registration. The user selects processing to be executed out of the reported executable processing options. Accordingly, only the cases truly needed by the user can be registered into the case database. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253955 | NETWORK AND METHOD FOR DATA INPUT, STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL - A personal electronic carrier device (PECD) comprising means for receiving PECD data; means for storing PECD data; means for transmitting PECD data directly or indirectly PECD; and operating software means to effect the receiving, storing and transmitting the PECD data. The PECD is part of a network having a plurality of data stations and preferably a main data base. The PECD data is selected from the group consisting of medical, educational and identification data. The networks provide for the efficacious and convenient handling of data. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253956 | CHARGEBACK INSURANCE - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a chargeback insurance program offered through a payment processing network. The payment processing network is capable of processing chargeback requests on behalf of an enrolled merchant or enrolled issuer without requiring additional chargeback-related processes to be conducted by the merchant or issue. Chargebacks are processed by the payment processing network based on enrollment settings in the chargeback insurance program. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253957 | Method, Apparatus and System for Providing Insurance Coverage and Claims Payment for Single Event Surgical and Diagnostic Procedures - A method and system are provided for determining whether to issue insurance coverage for one or more specific events, such as a specific surgical event or diagnostic procedure. The method and system include consideration of a variety of risk criteria associated with the event or procedure, as well as policy coverage components. Preferably, old and new risk data is utilized to determine posterior possibilities for events associated with the event or procedure. Risk data is utilized to determine whether to issue policies, and to determined policy coverage where policies are to be issued, so as to minimize premiums to the insured and maximize profits to the company. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253958 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING VEHICLE INSURANCE - According to certain embodiments of the present invention, a method is provided to determine (at a server) an initial first insurance rate for Provider A and a first insurance rate for Provider B. Both the initial first insurance rate for Provider A and the first insurance rate for Provider B correspond to a first insurance type. The initial first insurance rate for Provider A is adjusted A according to a first adjustment rule to form an adjusted first insurance rate for Provider A. A lower of the adjusted first insurance rate for Provider A or the first insurance rate for Provider B is selected. The adjusted first insurance rate for Provider A may be greater than the initial first insurance rate for Provider A and less than the first insurance rate for Provider B. An application fee for the adjusted first insurance rate for Provider A may be greater than an application fee for the initial first insurance rate for Provider A. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253959 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA RELATED TO GROUP INSURANCE FOR MULTIPLE RISKS - A computer system for processing of data associated with insurance coverage includes a data storage device storing data indicative of: an insured; a maximum benefit amount payable under the insurance coverage; a first category of risks; a second category of risks; a first benefit allocation corresponding to the first category of risks; and a second benefit allocation corresponding to the second category of risks; the benefit allocations being fractions of and totaling the maximum benefit amount. A processor of the system is configured to, responsive to the receipt of data indicative of a claim, determine eligibility for a benefit, and responsive to determining that the insured is eligible, provide output data indicative of a benefit amount, the benefit amount for each of the categories of risks having a maximum equal to the corresponding benefit allocation. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253960 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE HAVING AN OUTPUT GENERATOR - A system is configured to store different categories of business data. The system is accessible by one or more electronic devices. The system is operable to feed business output data to the electronic devices. The business output data is importable into other systems. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253961 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA RELATING TO COMPONENT-BASED INSURANCE COVERAGE - A system includes an insurance component selection platform that transmits data to and receives data from an insurance product component storage unit storing one or more self-descriptive components of an insurance coverage. Each of the stored components may have associated properties defining attributes of the component and one or more values associated with the properties. The components may be selected via a graphical interface generated by the component selection platform to be included in an insurance coverage product. The components may then be combined within constraints of the properties and values of the individual components. An insurance coverage policy may then be presented based on the combination of components. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253962 | Method and system of combining money transfer services with life insurance - The present invention is a new business method that intends to reduce the risk, help, and protect the economic security of the foreign families who are dependents from the income that come from the foreign workers inside the U.S.A. territory. The invention helps by offering protection through a life insurance by combining the Money Transmission Service and the Life Insurance Service. The invention cares for both the worker residing inside the U.S.A. territory and the family members inside foreign territory. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253963 | INTERACTIVE MAPPING SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS - Embodiments may relate to an interactive mapping system having a server side content management system (CMS) and at least one database for containing point-of-interest (POI) records. Embodiments may further include a client-side graphical user interface (GUI) enabling users to create itineraries and make purchasing decisions. Embodiments further include means for reporting usage data to a customer, the reports including data provided by users. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253964 | RESERVATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM FOR RESERVATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A reservation management device including a communication unit which receives an e-mail including reservation information regarding a service reservation in a form which is previously determined depending on a source address; a first storage unit which stores recognition procedure information so as to be associated with the source address, the recognition procedure information indicating a procedure for recognizing the reservation information from the e-mail; and a control unit which recognizes the reservation information from the e-mail in a procedure corresponding to the source address of the e-mail received by the communication unit by using the recognition procedure information stored in the first storage unit and stores the reservation information in a second storage unit. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253965 | TIME DEPENDENT TRANSACTION QUEUE - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for analyzing transaction data for a plurality of transactions to determine an order of priority for reviewing the transactions. A merchant processor server computer receives transaction data related to a plurality of transactions and determines which transactions are fraudulent, which transactions are not fraudulent and which transactions are indeterminate. The merchant processor server computer analyzes the transaction data for indeterminate transactions to determine which transactions have higher priority based on priority rules and reorders the transactions for review based on the priority. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253966 | SAVING TRACKER SYSTEM AND METHOD - System and method for analysis of cost saving in a procurement process are described. The system includes a processor unit and a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium stores instructions executable by the processor unit. The instructions are programmed to perform the steps of receiving baseline cost information, receiving purchase cost information, and computing a plurality of components of cost saving. The instructions are also programmed to transfer indication of the computed components of cost saving to display device and/or financial accounting system. Moreover, the instructions are programmed to adjust at least one of the plurality of the components of the cost saving utilizing at least one factor selected from the group consisting of currency exchange rate, commodity price, and inflation rate. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253967 | SUPPLY-DEMAND PAIRING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A supply-demand pairing system and its method are disclosed. The supply-demand pairing system comprises a demand side device, a supply side device and a server. The demand side device is used to locate, and used to provide a demander to input demand information to send a demand message to the server. The supply side device is used to locate, and used to provide a suppliers to input supply information to send a supply message to the server. The server is used to compare the demand message and the supply message to execute a supply-demand pairing, and used to send the demand message and the supply message to the supply side device and the demand side device respectively for making the demand side device can communicate with the supply side device. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253968 | FACILITY CONTROL SYSTEM (FCS, C1) TO MANAGE ASSETS PLANNING, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, FABRICATION, OPERATING, MAINTENCE AND PRODUCTS - A facility control system includes lab, field and construction equipment with a wireless transceiver to transmit machine generated actual initial measurement (AIM) data including GPS information from a field activity to a wide area network; a mobile computer with a wireless transceiver to transmit human generated data from an office, a remote lab, or a field test or inspection to the network; and a server coupled to the network, the server including a database to receive machine and human generated AIM data, wherein the server applies statistics and engineering methods to predict specification compliance and performance, wherein the AIM data is used with pre-formatted engineered designed data sheets that reflect the exact location of the event and required standards including incorporating best construction practices for installation of one or more construction items and materials quality to promote standardization, uniformity that insures contract compliance and minimizes non-conforming items in real time. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253969 | Broadcast Messaging of Incentives Based on Value - A method for a provider to generate incentives for users to perform tasks includes the following steps. The tasks are assigned to the users to obtain a matrix of task assignments in which each of the users is assigned to at least one of the tasks and each of the tasks is assigned to at least one of the users, wherein each of the task assignments has a value and a cost to the provider, wherein for a given one of the task assignments the value less the cost to the provider is an economic utility to the provider, and wherein the step of assigning the tasks to the users is done so as to maximize a net benefit to the provider which is a sum of the economic utility for all of the task assignments. Incentives are offered to the users to perform the task assignments. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253970 | Audio Message Driven Customer Interaction Queuing System - This application is for an audio message-driven customer interaction queuing system for any public web page to allow web page visitors to utter questions into a browser-resident recorder application. The questions queue along with originating web page information and are distributed to customer service agents. These agents research the question, using web page as reference, and respond with an audio message, played upon the recorder application by the user after some brief service interval. The invention includes client, server and agent elements. The Client resides in a standard browser on a PC and consists of a Macromedia Flash interface driving an ActiveX control and JavaScript using audio encoding/decoding codecs. The Server consists of Java Servlets, Enterprise Java Beans, a web and application server and generic database technology. The Agent consists of a browser partitioned into areas to accommodate customer URL viewing, Connection Management, and a Client for message playback/record/send functions. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253971 | 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. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253972 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCHEDULING AND ORDERING SERVICES - Computer-based system and computer-based method for providing a network-based scheduling service where clients or referring entities, after receiving and accepting an invitation from a service provider, are able to schedule appointments with the service provider. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253973 | POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Provided is a power management system including two or more sites. The two or more sites are connected by a distribution network including a power buying line on which power is bought, a power selling line on which power is sold, and a communication line on which information is communicated. Each site includes a power generating apparatus generating power using natural energy, and a power transmission/reception control unit transmitting power generated by the power generating apparatus to the distribution network and receiving power from the distribution network. The power transmission/reception control unit is operable, when power is sold by transmitting the power generated by the power generating apparatus to the distribution network, to transmit information necessary for selling power to the communication line of the distribution network. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253974 | System And Method For Inspecting And Assessing Risk of Mechanical Equipment And Facilities - A method for determining a risk of mechanical or electrical failure and for determining an inspection interval to mitigate said risk; the method including determining by a computer system an acceptable risk score based on computer readable instructions provided on a non-transitory computer readable medium, determining by said computer system an inspection interval based on said risk score, determining by said computer system a tolerance within said inspection interval based on said increased risk; and, specifying by said computer system an inspection interval and an inspection tolerance based on said determined schedule and said determined tolerance. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253975 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING AND ASSESSING RISK OF MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES - A method for determining a risk of mechanical or electrical failure and for determining an inspection interval to mitigate said risk; the method including determining by a computer system an acceptable risk score based on computer readable instructions provided on a non-transitory computer readable medium, determining by said computer system an increase in risk score based on an elapsed time since a deficiency identified in a previous inspection has not yet been rectified, determining by said computer system an inspection interval based on said risk score, determining by said computer system a tolerance within said inspection interval based on said increased risk; and, specifying by said computer system an inspection interval and an inspection tolerance based on said determined schedule and said determined tolerance. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253976 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING ELECTRONIC MAILS IN A HIGH VOLUME SHARED SERVICES ENVIRONMENT FOR INITIATING AND PROCESSING TRANSACTIONS - A system and method for processing electronic mails (emails) in a high volume shared services environment for initiating and processing transactions are disclosed. In one embodiment, business data is extracted by parsing data in a received email. Further, associated one or more business processes are determined based on the extracted business data. Furthermore, associated one or more business process transactions are initiated based on the determined one or more business processes. In addition, the one or more business process transactions are routed to the associated one or more business process transaction queues. Moreover, the routed one or more business process transactions are executed. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253977 | AUTOMATION OF DATA STORAGE ACTIVITIES - A system allows user to design data storage system workflows by selecting on a user interface various data objects associated with data storage system related activities. The activities include computer-executable instructions and can be predefined or determined by the user. Once the workflow is created, the workflow is deployed to one or more workflow engines that can execute the various data storage activities related to the workflow. Prior to executing a data storage activity, the system can determine which workflow engine to use based on an allocation scheme. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253978 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR CALCULATING PROCUREMENT RISK - A procurement risk calculation apparatus includes a control unit which accepts ordering information given by an orderer, via a network, and reads past ordering detail history information and BOM information, an operation unit which extracts a part for which plural corporation purchase is conducted and calculates a procurement risk such as a situation of dependence of child parts constituting an ordered part upon terminal suppliers on the basis of the ordering detail history information and the BOM information, and an output processing unit which outputs a screen to assist in determining selection intention of a part to be ordered and an order receiver enterprise on the basis of an operation result. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253979 | OBJECTIVELY MANAGING RISK - A computer implemented method for managing risk, which can include determining an organizational impact score from an aggregate of scenario impact scores and storing the organizational impact score in a memory of the computer. Some embodiments include calculating a likelihood score based upon an analysis of threats, imminence of each threat, and a likelihood associated with each threat, and storing the likelihood score in a memory of the computer. In some embodiments, an organizational maturity score is determined based on the ability of the organization to mitigate the actions of a potential threat and recover from a given scenario, and the organizational maturity score is stored in a memory of the computer. Some embodiments include calculating a Risk Index using a processor of the computer wherein the Risk Index equals the impact score multiplied by the likelihood score and divided by the maturity score. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253980 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSOCIATING BRAND ATTRIBUTES WITH A USER - An approach is provided for associating one or more attributes of a brand with one or more users. A brand association platform determines one or more attributes for one or more branded objects associated with at least one user, at least one device associated with the at least one user, or a combination thereof. The brand association platform then processes and/or facilitates a processing of the one or more attributes to determine profile information associated with the at least one user, the at least one device, or a combination thereof. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253981 | PROVIDING MARKETING ANALYTICS RELATED TO A SALES OPPORTUNITY OVER A TIMELINE IN A MARKETING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A marketing management system interfaces with a sales platform, company servers, and various other sources of data to obtain information about leads, contacts, interactions, events, and opportunities. The system provides a user interface that displays marketing events (i.e., interactions with various leads in an account) in a temporal context along with opportunity creation and/or close, together with filtering capabilities to display/hide activities associated with various leads. This enables visualization of the relationship between an individual opportunity and all the activities that are linked to the leads related to the opportunity, thus allowing comparison of marketing events to sales activities facilitating understanding of how to attribute marketing contributions to sales revenue. The interface may allow for assignment of leads to opportunities based on the level of interaction between the marketing/sales staff and the lead. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253982 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATING PRODUCTS - A system and method for locating a product within a store are disclosed. The system and method include a database for indexing at least one location of substantially each product within the store. The database includes information related to substantially each product. The system and method include a local device suitable to receive information related to a product to be located within the store. The local device is coupled to the database and identifies at least one product to locate from a comparison of the received information to the information included in the database. The system and method include a location engine that provides the location within the store of the identified at least one product. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253983 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING RESIDUAL LIFETIME VALUE OF A CUSTOMER BASE UTILIZING SURVIVAL ANALYSIS - The present disclosure describes novel systems and methods that can be utilized to evaluate and/or direct an interaction with a consumer database and/or evaluate a consumer database, where the consumer database contains information about consumers and particular products and/or services held or used by the consumers. The interactions may be, for example, determining a strategy for sales, marketing, cross-selling, and/or retaining one or more of the consumers. The evaluations may include, for example, hierarchically ranking the consumers and/or determining a clustering of the consumers. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253984 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING BANKING CONSUMERS AS A FUNCTION OF AGGREGATED RESIDUAL LIFETIME VALUES AND POTENTIAL LIFETIME VALUES - The present disclosure describes novel systems and methods that can be utilized to evaluate and/or direct an interaction with a consumer database and/or evaluate a consumer database, where the consumer database contains information about consumers and particular products and/or services held or used by the consumers. The interactions may be, for example, determining a strategy for sales, marketing, cross-selling, and/or retaining one or more of the consumers. The evaluations may include, for example, hierarchically ranking the consumers and/or determining a clustering of the consumers. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253985 | Real-Time Subjective/Objective Venue Evaluation Method - Disclosed is a method for providing a real-time evaluation of venues such as clubs, bars and restaurants. The real-time evaluation provides a user member with an instantaneous snapshot of a venue's happenings. The method evaluates a venue based upon both subjective and demographic criteria. Subjective criteria provide an understanding of the feeling or mood associated with a venue. Demographic criteria provide information on who is attending a venue. The method provides a real-time impression or view of the ever-changing happenings in a venue. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253986 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING CONSUMERS WITH ONE OR MORE PRODUCT OR SERVICE PROVIDERS - A method and apparatus that for matching consumers with product or service providers is disclosed. The method may include establishing one or more profiles from one or more product or service providers, establishing one or more profiles from one or more consumers, receiving a consumer's subject matter request, matching the consumer with one or more products or service providers based on at least one of the consumer's profile and subject matter request, and providing the consumer's contact information to the matched one or more products or service providers. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253987 | Method and System for Providing Services to Vacation Homeowners - A method and system for providing services to vacation homeowners facilitates the cost-effective administration of a variety of services required by vacation homeowners in a fashion that frees the homeowner from undue expense, time, or effort. In one embodiment the method includes: setting up a real estate property on a system via capturing by a computer processor a complete image inventory of the property; creating a unique CRM record along with detailed information on the property; provisioning a new user account formatted into an online, user-accessible, self-care portal; conducting predetermined inspections of the property; assigning each property a unique identifier to ensure high quality case management of the property; tracking the inspections using the identifier; providing automatic alerts to the property owner at the initiation of specific workflow steps; providing alerts and updates; and measuring ongoing customer satisfaction by prompting for specific feedback. | 2013-09-26 |
20130253988 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL CONTENT PRICING - A method for pricing digital content available for purchase and download from a server to a network connected computing device includes providing a quantity of digital content items, which are ranked. A plurality of pricing tiers for the digital content items is created. A sale price of each of the digital content items is designated based on the rank. At least a portion of the digital content items is made available for purchase wherein the sale price for the content to be displayed on at least one user computing device. A download request is received from the user computing device to download at least one digital content item. The sale price of at least a portion of the quantity of the digital content items is adjusted according to the pricing tiers. | 2013-09-26 |