43rd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090265130 | Method of Calibrating an Analyte-Measurement Device, and Associated Methods, Devices and Systems - The invention relates to a method for calibrating an analyte-measurement device that is used to evaluate a concentration of analyte in bodily fluid at or from a measurement site in a body. The method involves measuring a concentration, or calibration concentration, of an analyte in blood from an “off-finger” calibration site, and calibrating the analyte-measurement device based on that calibration concentration. The invention also relates to a device, system, or kit for measuring a concentration of an analyte in a body, which employs a calibration device for adjusting analyte concentration measured in bodily fluid based on an analyte concentration measured in blood from an “off-finger” calibration site. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265131 | MEASUREMENT OF THE TEMPERATURE OF A MOLTEN GLASS BATH - One proceeds with indirect measurement of the temperature of a molten bath ( | 2009-10-22 |
20090265132 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE DENSITY OF A FLUID - A device for determining the density of a fluid comprises a buoyant body, a spring which engages on the buoyant body and whose elastic deformation is a measure of the buoyancy force of the buoyant body, and a magnet which is designed to sense the elastic deformation of the spring by means of a magnetostrictive position-measuring system. The spring is compressively loaded and, if the buoyancy force of the buoyant body is greater than its weight, said spring acts on the buoyant body underneath its centre of buoyancy. The device is preferably used to determine the density of fuel, a magnetostrictive filling level measuring system which is present in a storage tank for fuel being used. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265133 | LOCALIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE OBJECT USING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - The present invention relates to a localization system and method for a mobile object. An object of the present invention is to provide a localization system and method for a mobile object capable of obtaining precise stable position data against changes in light intensity and vibration of the mobile object and reducing operation loads of a control system disposed in the mobile object, as compared with a conventional case. Accordingly, the present invention provides a localization system for a mobile object mainly including a localization module which is mounted in the mobile object and comprises one or more optical indicators, an RF transceiving means, and a processing unit for receiving location information on the optical indicator from a sensing module and calculating a position and direction of the mobile object, and a sensing module which comprises an optical sensing means for detecting an optical signal emitted from the optical indicator of the localization module, an RF transceiving means, and a processing unit for obtaining the location information on the optical indicator from the optical signal detected by the optical sensing means. In addition, in the localization method according to the present invention, a position of the mobile object is not measured by using an own sensor disposed in the mobile object, and the localization module receives position information measured by the sensing module installed in outside through wireless communication and uses the position information to confirm a position thereof. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265134 | BENCHMARKING DIAGNOSTIC ALGORITHMS - A method for benchmarking diagnostic algorithms for a particular application is provided. The diagnostic algorithms are rank ordered based on a specified criterion so as to weed out weak algorithms, selecting more robust algorithms, defined in some sense, for deployment. This is realized by evaluating various parameters subsequently mentioned. A normalized product entropy ratio parameter is obtained. A performance parameter vector is fixed to define a plurality of sensitivity parameters including a plurality of threshold parameters and a plurality of data parameters. The plurality of threshold parameters and the plurality of data parameters are perturbed to obtain a threshold sensitivity parameter and a data sensitivity parameter. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265135 | Electro-Hydraulic Timed Angle Controlled Joint Simulation Torque Calibration, Certification and Analysis Device - A joint simulator is provided having a housing with a chamber, a piston, slidable within the chamber, and a shaft rotatable within the housing, the shaft having (i) an end configured to engage a power tool to be tested, and (ii) a threaded end engaged with the piston, whereby rotating the shaft causes the piston to slide within the chamber Hydraulic fluid fills a section of the chamber formed by a side of the piston and the housing, and computer software controlled pressure and relief valves are actuated to regulate the flow of hydraulic fluid in the chamber, to achieve target pressures. The pressure of the hydraulic fluid creates resistance to rotation of the shaft, thereby increasing the torque relative to the angular increase on the shaft and/or relative to time. The joint simulator is provided with means to determine the angular displacement and torque applied to the shaft; | 2009-10-22 |
20090265136 | Disk Drive Emulator And Method Of Use Thereof - A disk drive emulator for testing a test slot of a disk drive testing system includes an emulator housing, a testing circuit housed in the emulator housing, and an interface connector disposed on the emulator housing and in electrical communication with the testing circuit. The disk drive emulator includes at least one sensor in electrical communication with the testing circuit. The at least one sensor is selected from the group consisting of a temperature sensor, a vibration sensor, and a humidity sensor. The testing circuit is configured to test power delivery of the test slot to the disk drive emulator, monitor the at least one sensor, and monitor connector resistance between the test slot and the disk drive emulator. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265137 | COMPUTER-BASED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FAILURE ANALYSIS - In accordance with one aspect, the invention provides a method of performing failure analysis on a microelectronic product where the method includes acts of: storing a result of a first test performed on the microelectronic product on a centralized computer; transmitting the result from the centralized computer to a first remote computer for an evaluation of the result by a first evaluator; and transmitting a report form from the centralized computer to the first remote computer for entry of data including analysis supplied by the first evaluator after the evaluation of the result. In accordance with one embodiment, the method also provides acts of: receiving the data at the centralized computer; and storing the data at the centralized computer. In accordance with another embodiment, the method further includes an act of transmitting the result from the centralized computer to a second remote computer for an evaluation of the result by a second evaluator for entry of data including analysis supplied by the second evaluator after the evaluation of the result by the second evaluator. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265138 | TESTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING A VIBRATION FUNCTION OF A MOBILE PHONE - A testing system includes a mobile phone motherboard, a motor connected to the motherboard, a multimeter capable of measuring vibrating frequency and voltage of the motor, and a computer. The computer has an output port capable of sending commands to the mobile phone motherboard to instruct the motor to vibrate and an input port capable of receiving the measured vibration frequency and voltage of the motor. The computer has a main test procedure capable of comparing the measured frequency and voltage of the motor with predetermined parameters. A testing method utilizing the above described testing system is also disclosed. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265139 | DIAGNOSTICS FOR CENTRALLY MANAGED COMPUTER SYSTEM - The present invention provides a diagnostic method for a centrally managed computer system. The method provides central diagnostic expertise regarding central management software used for managing said system. The method further provides for managed software that integrates with said central management software; the managed software includes its own diagnostic expertise. The method further provides for importing the managed diagnostic expertise and combining it with said central diagnostic expertise to define collective diagnostic expertise. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265140 | WIRELESS DATA ACQUISITION NETWORK AND OPERATING METHODS - A method of collecting data from wireless sensor units arranged in a network. The method may comprise the steps of initiating distribution of control signals to the wireless sensor units, acquiring data with the wireless sensor units by sensing one or more physical parameters, each of the wireless sensor units transmitting the acquired data in response to the control signals; and each of the wireless sensor units transmitting of at least a portion of the acquired data according to a prioritizing algorithm associated with each respective wireless sensor unit. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265141 | DISTRIBUTED STORAGE IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS - The present invention provides a method for implementation in a first sensor node that is a member of a sensor node network including a plurality of sensor nodes. One embodiment of the method includes accessing, at the first sensor node, information indicative of a sensing operation performed by at least one of the plurality of sensor nodes. This embodiment of the method also includes randomly selecting, at the first sensor node, a second sensor node that is adjacent the first sensor node in the sensor node network. The random selection is made independent of a location of the second sensor node. This embodiment of the method further includes transmitting the information indicative of the sensing operation from the first sensor node to the second sensor node. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265142 | FAULT ANALYSIS AND MONITORING APPLICATIONS USING OUT-OF-BAND BASED MODULES - One example embodiment includes a testing device. The testing device comprises a signal reception element, an out-of-band detector and testing logic. The signal reception element is configured to receive a physical layer signal from a communication module via a physical link and to produce an incoming double modulated signal, the incoming double modulated signal including a high-speed data signal and an out-of-band data signal. The out-of-band data signal comprises diagnostic data of the communication module. The out-of-band detector is coupled to the signal reception element and is configured to extract the out-of-band data signal from the incoming double modulated signal. The testing logic is coupled to the out-of-band detector and is configured to extract and analyze the diagnostic data from the out-of-band data signal. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265143 | VIRTUAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION INDUSTRIAL SITE SURVEY - A method includes receiving a representation of an industrial site and selecting a plurality of locations in the representation. The method further includes predicting a level of wireless coverage of the industrial site based upon the selected locations and comparing the level of wireless coverage to a predetermined coverage criterion. Based upon a result of the comparison, the method repeats the steps of selecting, predicting and comparing. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265144 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING FATIGUE LIFE OF A WOBBLEFRAM - A method and apparatus for improving the fatigue life of a wobblefram utilized in a micro switch. The flexible circular wobblefram can be formed with a fixed edge and a solid center region utilizing a punch and die at elevated temperatures. An external lever can be attached to the solid center region of the wobblefram. The lever can be loaded and actuated to transmit motion from outside of the micro switch to a sealed internal mechanism in order to perform a switching function. Circular and/or sinusoidal shaped corrugations can then be added to the wobblefram and evaluated for performance utilizing a finite element analysis (FEA) model. The FEA model can precisely evaluate and optimize profile, number and height of the circular and/or sinusoidal corrugations. Such a wobblefram with circular and/or sinusoidal corrugations can achieve higher lifetime without affecting the operating characteristics of the micro switch. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265145 | DESIGN SUPPORT SYSTEM, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A design support system generates a passing point through which a deformable linear structure in a virtual space according to the instruction of a user via an input device in the edition process and when generating a passing point of type, based on a component such as part or the like in the virtual space by the edition process, automatically generates and manages passing point information including the passing direction of the passing point to be generated, on the basis of the designated component as the reference. A route through which the linear structure should pass is generated using the passing point information of each passing point. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265146 | Method of Modeling the Time Gradient of the State of a Steel Volume by Means of a Computer and Corresponding Objects - A steel volume is modeled in a computer by means of a plurality of volume elements. The state of the steel volume at a given time comprises, for each volume element, characteristic quantities of an enthalpy existing at said time in the respective volume element and percentages, in which the steel is available in the respective volume element at the time in austenite, ferrite and cementite phases. For at least one volume element, the computer determines the time gradient of the characteristic quantities by resolving thermal conductivity and phase transition equations. One of the characteristic quantities is a locally invariable mean interstitial element concentration within the volume element in the austenite phase thereof. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265147 | PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS OF REAL TIME RESPONSE GUARANTEES ON INTERACTING SOFTWARE COMPONENTS - A system and method for providing control timing for a vehicle system at the design level. The method includes defining component timing specifications in a parametric form at a system level and at a sub-system level; mathematically representing the timing specifications in a system model; providing a constraint extraction algorithm that extracts timing constraints from the mathematical representations; using the constraint extraction algorithm to generate a plurality of linear equations that define the constraints; solving for real time constraint ranges from parameters in the linear equations; and selecting values from the real time constraint ranges to be used in the mathematical representations. In non-limiting embodiments, the constraint extraction algorithm can be a boundary discovery algorithm or a proof-tree. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265148 | MODELING A SECTOR-POLARIZED-ILLUMINATION SOURCE IN AN OPTICAL LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that constructs a source polarization model to simulate a piecewise-constant-linear polarization-configuration of an illumination source in an optical lithography system. During operation, the system starts by partitioning an illumination pupil plane of the illumination source into a set of sectors to match a physical implementation of the illumination source. Next, the system constructs the source polarization model for the illumination source by individually specifying a constant-linear polarization-state within each sector to match the polarization-configuration of the illumination source. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265149 | Method and System for Extracting a Model of Disturbances Induced by Rotating Mechanisms - The subject invention is a method and system for extracting a model of disturbances induced by rotating mechanisms. Such disturbances can prevent precision structures such as telescopes from meeting their design requirements for dynamic stability. The invention extracts a model of the disturbances from available data, that can be used to predict, identify, and eliminate problematic system performance in the presence of spinning mechanisms. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265150 | METHOD FOR REDUCING MODEL ORDER EXPLOITING SPARSITY - A method for reducing the order of system models exploiting sparsity is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method receives a system model having a first system order. The system model contains a plurality of system nodes, a plurality of system matrices. The system nodes are reordered and a reduced order system is constructed by a matrix decomposition (e.g., Cholesky or LU decomposition) on an expansion frequency without calculating a projection matrix. The reduced order system model has a lower system order than the original system model. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265151 | Mass Conserving Algorithm for Solving a Solute Advection Diffusion Equation Inside an Evaporating Droplet - The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for simulating and analyzing a change in concentration of solute in a solution. The solution being simulated is encompassed by an interface. The concentration at a first point in time is determined at a set of nodes encompassed by the interface. A spatial cell is associated with each node. An extended concentration is calculated at an extended node. The extended node is not encompassed by the interface. The concentration is calculated at a second point in time at a set of nodes encompassed by the interface, based upon the concentration at the set of nodes encompassed by the interface at the first point in time and the extended concentration. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265152 | METHOD OF SEEKING HYDROCARBONS IN A GEOLOGICALLY COMPLEX BASIN, BY MEANS OF BASIN MODELING - A method for mapping a complex sedimentary basin is disclosed. A grid representative of the current architecture of the basin is constructed. A mechanical structural restoration is applied in three dimensions so as to reconstruct the past architectures of the basin from the current time up to a geological time t. A simulation of the geological and geochemical processes that govern the formation of a petroleum reservoir is then carried out, directly in the grids obtained from the restoration, from the geological time t to the current one. This simulation is thereafter used for mapping the sedimentary basin so as to identify zones of the basin where hydrocarbons may have accumulated. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265153 | SENSOR SIMULATION SYSTEM - The invention concerns a sensor simulation system. The simulation system ( | 2009-10-22 |
20090265154 | SIMULATION OF DIGITAL CIRCUITS - A method for simulating a circuit. The method includes, in response to a first mode change triggering event at a first time point and in response to a first data transfer triggering event at a second time point after the first time point, generating a random value of at least a first random value and a second random value. In response to the generated random value being the first random value, a first input value of an input of the circuit is assigned to an output of the circuit. In response to the generated random value being the second random value, an output value of the output of the circuit is maintained. In response to a second data transfer triggering event at a third time point after the second time point, a second input value of the input of the circuit is assigned to the output of the circuit. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265155 | Method of predicting reliability of semiconductor device, reliability prediction system using the same and storage medium storing program causing computer to execute the same - An initial reliability of a semiconductor device is predicted before the design layout of a semiconductor product. A method of predicting the reliability of a semiconductor device according to the present invention: calculates the defect density of a plurality of wiring patterns on a wafer; extracts the critical area of a series of library elements formed of wiring patterns based on the defect density to determine the critical area value of each library element; determines a failure probability by wiring pattern from the result of a reliability test of the wiring pattern to form a correlation model from an expected value in which a defect is generated and which is obtained from the defect density and the failure probability of each wiring pattern; calculates the failure probability of each library element from the critical area value and the function of the correlation model; designs a layout of a semiconductor product with two library elements or more out of a series of the library elements combined together and calculates the reliability of the designed semiconductor device in consideration of the failure probability of the library elements combined together. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265156 | DYNAMICALLY VARYING SIMULATION PRECISION - Simulating a processor based system includes simulating first processor actions at a first precision level and detecting a first trigger. The simulation is dynamically changed to a second precision level that is different than the first precision level based on the first trigger. Second processor actions are simulated at the second precision level. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265157 | System for simulating automated industrial plants - Automation technology facilities are used for automating industrial processes such as the control of conveyor belts. A high-level control device with a logical model of the plant stored in the control device is disclosed. Simulation models and control programs are generated by the control device. The generated control programs have special data blocks which contain the parameters that are to be optimized by the simulation. The generated simulation models generate the parameters as result values of the simulation evaluation algorithms and supply the values in an automated manner to the special data blocks of the generated control programs. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265158 | Complex Consolidation of Multiple Works - Systems and methods for creating a consolidated work or article may include the consolidation of the four canonical Gospels of Luke, Matthew, John, and Mark whereby selections of original text may be compared, separated, and linked to create a new paragraph of amalgamated text, each word thereof having source indicia to identify the Gospel source resulting in a coalescent compilation of the four canonical Gospels into a single work. A coalescent compilation may include unique paragraphs and text from each of the four Gospels and may even include all of the unique text from each of the four canonical Gospels. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265159 | SPEECH RECOGNITION METHOD FOR BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE - The present invention can recognize both English and Chinese at the same time. The most important skill is that the features of all English words (without samples) are entirely extracted from the features of Chinese syllables. The invention normalizes the signal waveforms of variable lengths for English words (Chinese syllables) such that the same words (syllables) can have the same features at the same time position. Hence the Bayesian classifier can recognize both the fast and slow utterance of sentences. The invention can improve the feature such that the speech recognition of the unknown English (Chinese) is guaranteed to be correct. Furthermore, since the invention can create the features of English words from the features of Chinese syllables, it can also create the features of other languages from the features of Chinese syllables and hence it can also recognize other languages, such as German, French, Japanese, Korean, Russian, etc. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265160 | COMPARING TEXT BASED DOCUMENTS - Text based documents are compared by lexically normalising each word of the text of a first document ( | 2009-10-22 |
20090265161 | TRANSFORMING A NATURAL LANGUAGE REQUEST FOR MODIFYING A SET OF SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR A PUBLISH/SUBSCRIBE TOPIC STRING - A method, apparatus and software is disclosed for transforming a natural language request for modifying a set of subscriptions for a publish/subscribe topic string in which a predetermined element in the request is transformed into a publish/subscribe symbol in the topic string. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265162 | Method for Retrieving Items Represented by Particles from an Information Database - A set of words is converted to a corresponding set of particles, wherein the words and the particles are unique within each set. For each word, all possible partitionings of the word into particles are determined, and a cost is determined for each possible partitioning. The particles of the possible partitioning associated with a minimal cost are added to the set of particles. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265163 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ENABLE INTERACTIVITY AMONG A PLURALITY OF DEVICES - Methods and systems to exchange and display data among a plurality of devices in response to one or more of user input and context-based information. User input may include one or more of motion, speech, text, pointing, and touch-selecting. Context-based information may include one or more of user location, which may be relative to one or more devices, background audio, information related to one or more products and/or services, and user-based context information. User context-based information may correspond one or more of prior transactions, prior activities, prior content exposure, and demographic information. Also disclosed herein are methods and systems to correlate user speech to one or more of commands and data objects, with respect to context-based information. Methods and systems to recognize speech may be implemented in combination with methods and systems to exchange and/or display of data among a plurality of devices, and in other environments. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265164 | Method for Encoding and Decoding Object-Based Audio Signal and Apparatus Thereof - The present invention relates to a method for encoding and decoding object-based audio signal and an apparatus thereof. The audio decoding method includes extracting a first audio signal in which one or more music objects are grouped and encoded, a second audio signal in which at least two vocal objects are grouped step by step and encoded, and a residual signal corresponding to the second audio signal, from an audio signal, and generating a third audio signal by employing at least one of the first and second audio signals and the residual signal. A multi-channel audio signal is then generated by employing the third audio signal. Accordingly, a variety of play modes can be provided efficiently. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265165 | AUTOMATIC META-DATA TAGGING PICTURES AND VIDEO RECORDS - A method and apparatus for labeling an image recorded by a portable electronic device with descriptive tags is disclosed. Sounds in the vicinity of the portable electronic device are recorded. When the image is captured, the audio record of recorded sounds from a first predetermined period of time prior to the capture of the image until a second predetermined period of time after the capture of the image is retrieved. The retrieved audio record is processed to create a list of recognizable words in the retrieved audio record. The list of recognizable words is then stored in a metatag field associated with the captured image. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265166 | BOUNDARY ESTIMATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A boundary estimation apparatus includes an boundary estimation unit which estimates a first boundary separating a speech into first meaning units, a boundary estimation unit configured to estimate a second boundary separating a speech, related to the speech, into second meaning units related to the first meaning units, a pattern generating unit configured to generate a representative pattern showing representative characteristic in the analysis interval, a similarity calculation unit configured to calculate a similarity between the representative pattern and a characteristic pattern showing feature in a calculation interval for calculating the similarity in the speech, and the boundary estimation unit estimate as the second boundary based on the calculation interval, in which the similarity is higher than a threshold value or relatively high. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265167 | SPEECH ENCODING APPARATUS AND SPEECH ENCODING METHOD - Disclosed is an audio encoding device capable of adjusting a spectrum inclination of a quantized noise without changing the Formant weight. The device includes: an HPF ( | 2009-10-22 |
20090265168 | NOISE CANCELLATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A noise cancellation apparatus includes a noise estimation module for receiving a noise-containing input speech, and estimating a noise therefrom to output the estimated noise; a first Wiener filter module for receiving the input speech, and applying a first Wiener filter thereto to output a first estimation of clean speech; a database for storing data of a Gaussian mixture model for modeling clean speech; and an MMSE estimation module for receiving the first estimation of clean speech and the data of the Gaussian mixture model to output a second estimation of clean speech. The apparatus further includes a final clean speech estimation module for receiving the second estimation of clean speech from the MMSE estimation module and the estimated noise from the noise estimation module, and obtaining a final Wiener filter gain therefrom to output a final estimation of clean speech by applying the final Wiener filter gain. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265169 | Techniques for Comfort Noise Generation in a Communication System - A technique of operating a communication device includes dividing a frequency band associated with a background noise signal into respective sub-bands. Respective individual level estimates for each of the respective sub-bands are then determined. A total level estimate for the background noise signal is determined. Finally, a comfort noise signal (whose characteristics are based on the respective individual level estimates and the total level estimate) is provided. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265170 | EMOTION DETECTING METHOD, EMOTION DETECTING APPARATUS, EMOTION DETECTING PROGRAM THAT IMPLEMENTS THE SAME METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THAT STORES THE SAME PROGRAM - An audio feature is extracted from audio signal data for each analysis frame and stored in a storage part. Then, the audio feature is read from the storage part, and an emotional state probability of the audio feature corresponding to an emotional state is calculated using one or more statistical models constructed based on previously input learning audio signal data. Then, based on the calculated emotional state probability, the emotional state of a section including the analysis frame is determined. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265171 | SEGMENTING WORDS USING SCALED PROBABILITIES - Systems, methods, and apparatuses including computer program products for segmenting words using scaled probabilities. In one implementation, a method is provided. The method includes receiving a probability of a n-gram identifying a word, determining a number of atomic units in the corresponding n-gram, identifying a scaling weight depending on the number of atomic units in the n-gram, and applying the scaling weight to the probability of the n-gram identifying a word to determine a scaled probability of the n-gram identifying a word. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265172 | INTEGRATED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE AUDIO PLAYBACK AND DICTATION - A method and system provides for a single-pass review and feedback of a document. During audio playback of the document to be reviewed, voice-activated recording of feedback and submission of feedback relative to the location in the original document are accomplished. This provides for a fully integrated, single pass review and feedback of documentation to occur. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265173 | TONE DETECTION FOR SIGNALS SENT THROUGH A VOCODER - A tone detector and associated method for use with EVRC-B and GSM vocoders to enable reliable detection of system connect tones over a wireless communication system. The tone detection method examines a number of sequential data frames of the signal received from the vocoder and determines that the tone is present if the spectral energy at frequencies around the tone is much higher than that at neighboring frequencies and if the calculated center frequency of the data frames is at or near the frequency of the tone. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265174 | ROBUST AND INVARIANT AUDIO PATTERN MATCHING - The present invention provides an innovative technique for rapidly and accurately determining whether two audio samples match, as well as being immune to various kinds of transformations, such as playback speed variation. The relationship between the two audio samples is characterized by first matching certain fingerprint objects derived from the respective samples. A set ( | 2009-10-22 |
20090265175 | Method and system for providing a translation service for a voice channel - There is provided a method for providing a translation service for a voice channel. The method comprises receiving a translation request from a first person at a first endpoint of the voice channel, selecting a language translator based on the translation request received from the first person, and installing the language translator in the voice channel for providing the translation service between the first person at the first endpoint of the voice channel and a second person at a second endpoint of the voice channel. The translation request may include digits dialed as part of a phone number associated with the second endpoint, and wherein the translation request includes information indicative of a first language and a second language for translation. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265176 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The preset invention includes receiving a downmix signal including at least one object, object information based on attribute of the object, preset information to render the downmix signal and preset attribute information indicating attribute of the preset information; rendering the downmix signal by applying the preset information to all data regions of the downmix signal, if the preset information is included in an extension region of a configuration information region based on the preset attribute information; and rendering the downmix signal by applying the preset information to one corresponding data region of the downmix signal, if the preset information is included in an extension region of a data region based on the preset attribute information. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265177 | SCHEDULED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICE SUSPENSION - A user may selectively schedule or otherwise control the temporary suspension of telecommunication services to which they subscribe. In one implementation, a request to temporarily suspend a telecommunication service may be received from the user. The user's telecommunication service may be temporarily suspended and then later restarted at times indicated by the request. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265178 | Referral Lists for Tracking Distributed Content - Various embodiments described above can enable referral lists to be used in connection with distributed content to protect a referral infrastructure that is used with such content. In at least some embodiments, referral lists are protected using digital rights management (DRM) techniques. The DRM techniques can be used for a number of purposes including securely establishing a referring consumer, securely maintaining a chain of referring entities through distribution tracking, and maintaining control over the referral lists associated with distributed content. In at least some embodiments, DRM techniques are utilized to protect referral lists that are used in multi-level marketing networks. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265179 | System And Method For Providing A Packaging Recommendation To A Shipping Customer - A system and method for providing a packaging recommendation to a customer is disclosed. The system presents the customer with a merchandise list of merchandise, receives merchandise information from the customer about the particular characteristics of the merchandise, and generates a packaging recommendation via an interface to the customer. This merchandise information includes the type of merchandise being shipped by the customer to a definition, and may include any other information useful in generating the packaging recommendation. After referencing a packaging requirements matrix, the system presents the customer with a packaging recommendation via an interface. The packaging requirements may be easily modified by a system administrator without interrupting the operation of the system. The customer may also define particular merchandise to obtain a packaging recommendation in the event the merchandise is not included in the merchandise list. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265180 | MACHINE-READABLE END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH AUTOMATED ACCEPTANCE - A method of representing a first end-user license agreement (EULA) offered to a user and automatically responding to a subsequent EULA offered to the user is disclosed. The representation may be in a logical language having parameters corresponding to legal terms of the EULA, logical operators, and the capability to form and nest logical expressions. A logical library may store parameters corresponding to legal terms. A logical expression may be created that corresponds to a user's term preferences, and may be evaluated using the terms of a subsequent EULA to automatically determine the user's acceptance or rejection of the subsequent EULA. A user's application preferences of the logical expressions and terms may be received and used by the method. EULA responses may be signified in a log and/or by sending a record or message to the offering party. A similar method is disclosed for other types of electronic agreements. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265181 | VALUATION USING CREDIT SCORE - A method of appraising the value of a property based on obtaining a credit score of an owner of a property and assigning an ownership responsibility indicator to the property. The ownership responsibility indicator provides insight into the condition of the property without performing a complete inspection. A more accurate value of the property can then be determined. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265182 | Method and system for point-of-dispensing management of anticoagulation agent therapy - A method and system for point-of-dispensing, point-of-sale, or retail pharmacy management of an anticoagulation agent therapy for a subject, includes reviewing an anticoagulation regimen and obtaining data for a subject relating to anticoagulation therapy, determining an International Normalized Ratio (INR) level for the subject, determining any potential interaction of the anticoagulation agent with one or more non-anticoagulation agents that the subject intends to take or is taking, evaluating in real time any need to adjust the anticoagulation regimen, and adjusting in real time, if needed, the anticoagulation regimen based on one or both INR level and any interaction determinations, to maintain the subject's INR level within a desired range. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265183 | METHOD OF MANAGING A WELLNESS PROGRAMME AND A SYSTEM THEREFOR - A method and system for managing a wellness programme includes obtaining personal information pertaining to an individual, the personal information including at least the individual's age and gender. In addition, health information pertaining to the individual is obtained. The health information typically includes at least one of exercise, diet, smoking, blood pressure, cholesterol and weight. The personal information and the health information are then used to determine a wellness programme for the individual, the wellness programme including a plurality of programme areas with which the individual must comply. Information is then received regarding the individual's compliance or non-compliance with the individual's wellness programme and points are awarded to the individual for compliance with the wellness programme. At predetermined intervals the total number of points awarded to the individual are calculated and a reward is awarded to the individual based on the total number of points accumulated. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265184 | Method for the fractionation and separation of particles by step-wise gradient density extraction - A method for the separation of particles of different densities using a step-wise gradient density extraction method as described herein where a sample is suspended in a liquid volume of an extracting medium of specific density and the particles that have a density less than or equal to that of the extracting medium of specific density can be recovered from a horizonatally rotatable hollow disk or a removable receptacle within a horizontally rotatable hollow disk designed for such purposes while the particles that have a density greater than the extracting medium of specific density form a deposit which can be cycled through the extraction process in an iterative fashion by varying the density of the extracting medium allowing the recovery of discrete particles of differing densities from a test sample. Also disclosed herein is the use of the above method as part of a separate method or system to identify a ratio of biomarkers from different fractions of a sample homogenate or lysate which is useful in the evaluation of potential biomarkers, and for the intraoperative pathological diagnosis of positive margins of cancer and other diseases. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265185 | CARE COORDINATION INFORMATION SYSTEM - Systems and associated methods are disclosed for coordinating health services delivery within a patient population. In certain embodiments, a system and associated methods facilitate the presentation of patient-specific information on a shared site accessible by a group of users. Edits may also be made to the patient-specific information by specific users, so that the group of users can observe the changes and provide additional input. In other embodiments, a system and associated methods are utilized to determine a priority scheme with regard to delivering care to a plurality of patients. The priority scheme is represented by a graphical ranking where patients having a similar ranking are presented proximal to one another and patients having a dissimilar ranking are presented distal to one another. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265186 | System and Method for Communicating Environmentally-Based Medical Advice - A method and system for delivering advice to patients suffering from respiratory conditions based on changes in environment, such as weather or air quality changes. This system includes a patient specific model which uses input environmental data to predict changes in the patient's condition. The model is developed from an analysis of patient's responses to a variety of environmental triggers, and can be refined with time. The model can include only those specific triggers appropriate to a patient, can include the delay between the change in environment and change in condition of the patient, and can be run with data which is geographically localized to the patient's location. Conveniently the models can be run on personal devices held by the patients, such as mobile telephones, which are in communication with a server and/or a provider of environmental data. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265187 | Systems and Methods for Storing and Locating Claim Reimbursement Attachments - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a clinical document storage and locator system including a clinical database component, a document retriever component, and a query mapper component. The clinical database component is adapted to store a plurality of clinical documents. The document retriever component is adapted to receive a request. The document retriever component is further adapted to determine an LOINC code using the received request. The query mapper component is adapted to generate a document query using the determined LOINC code. The document retriever component is adapted to retrieve a relevant clinical document from the clinical database component using the generated document query. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265188 | Graphical Representation of Medical Knowledge - The present invention relates to a method for graphical representation of medical knowledge, as well as to methods and supports using the same. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265189 | Medication Therapy Review Methods - A method for population and patient-specific medication therapy review using a computer particularly adapted for a medication therapy management or health care delivery organization is provided, wherein the method includes at least the steps of: collecting patient claims data; reviewing the patient claims data for accuracy and data integrity; identifying particular characteristics sought within the patient claims data; organizing and structuring the patient claims data; establishing a set of clinical rules; transforming the set of clinical rules established into a computer language, and entering the transformed clinical rules into an electronic database; and analyzing the patient claims data by applying the clinical rules using a computer particularly adapted for a medication therapy management or health care delivery organization, thereby producing an analytical result. In further embodiments, the analytic results are used to evaluate the need for patient-level medication therapy review and, optionally, to actually conduct a patient-level medication therapy review based on the review of the analytic results. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265190 | System for classification and assessment of preferred risks - A method of evaluating a set of risk assessment rules for an insurance product is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a set of risk assessment rules, applying the risk assessment rules to at least a portion of a test population to generate a classified population, deriving a mortality estimate for each member of the classified population, and determining a cumulative result for each preferred category. The risk assessment rules define a plurality of preferred categories for an insurance product. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265191 | ONLINE LIFE INSURANCE DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICE - An online life insurance document management service includes a host server having a web-based interface adapted to facilitate secure customer access to the host server. The host server is configured to receive life insurance data communicated from the customer through use of a computing device. A processing module is in operative communication with the host server and is configured to process the life insurance data communicated from the customer. A processing software application is trained to classify the processed life insurance data and selectively extract data therefrom based on the classification. The processing software application is configured to selectively present the processed life insurance data for a customer verification via the web-based interface upon at least one of an unsuccessful classification and an unsuccessful extraction of data. A storage device is in operative communication with the processing module and is configured to store the extracted data as metadata upon at least one of the customer verification and the extraction of data. A content management software application is configured to detect at least one of a customer request and at least one triggering condition. The content management software application generates at least one report based on the detection of at least one of the customer request and the at least one triggering condition. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265192 | Usefulness - A novel divorce insurance annuity insurance business structure that demonstrates the use of this type of insurance with or without a divorce occurrence. The divorce insurance business structure is a model plan to allow businesses to develop this type of benefit for their employees or clientele. The business structure provides companies with the general format for divorce annuity insurance and leaves it up to each company to define their own specifications for the insurance. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265193 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED PROPERTY INSURANCE INSPECTION - Methods and systems for automated property insurance inspection include a remote inspection device having video inspection equipment capable of providing video images of property for use by an insurance company. The images may be used for expediting claim processing, inspecting damage in hazardous or hard to reach places, loss avoidance/risk control, fraud detection, detecting changes in risk profile, underwriting, rating, and quoting on new accounts and renewals, and prospecting new customers. The inspections may be performed on the exterior or interior of the property, and may be performed periodically, on-demand or continuously. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265194 | UNIVERSAL BUSINESS TO MEDIA RESERVATION SYSTEM, PROCESS AND STANDARD - A computer network based universal reservation system (CNBURS) architecture, process and standard that enable reservations between one or more service providers and one or more customers relating to offers of services by the service providers. In one embodiment, the architecture of the CNBURS includes a scheduling agent system, one or more service offering systems and one or more marketplace systems. The scheduling agent system receives one or more offers of services available for reservation. Each service offering system enables service providers to define the offer(s) of services available for reservation. Each marketplace system receives the offer(s) of services from the scheduling agent system, presents the customers the offer(s) of services, receives reservation requests from the customers, and communicates received reservation requests to the scheduling agent system. The scheduling agent system communicates the offer(s) of services from the service offering system(s) to the marketplace system(s) and processes reservation requests received from the marketplace system(s). | 2009-10-22 |
20090265195 | METHOD FOR VISUALIZING A PROCESSING STATUS OF AN ORDER - A method for visualizing a processing status of an order is disclosed, wherein the order is issued by a management information system, and executed on an execution system, and wherein status reports associated with the order are transmitted from the execution system to the management information system in Job Definition Format, and incoming status reports are stored in the management information system. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265196 | Apparatus, system, and method for collecting metrics from a non-monolithic website - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed to collect metrics from a non-monolithic website having external content. The method includes monitoring a pointer movement in a web page. The web page displays a content feed of the external content. The method also includes identifying a pointer movement representative of an interaction gesture. The interaction gesture is indicative of a type of interaction with the content feed of the external content. The method also includes generating a score for the content feed in response to the pointer movement including an interaction gesture. The score includes a quantity of each of the reported types of interaction with the content feed. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265197 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUILDING SHARED ITINERARIES - A method implemented by a computer allows a user to create an electronic itinerary, parts of which may later be purchased through an electronic reservation system and, at the same time, to find a suitable traveling companion. The method provides compatibility between user itineraries to be determined based upon a classification of activities making up the itineraries. The user may select from compatible itineraries an itinerary and associated subscriber to companion him on a trip. A method is provided for communicating between the user and a selected subscriber to negotiate a shared itinerary. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265198 | Reputation Evalution Using a contact Information Database - A contact information database, including records such as those stored in a personal address book, is applied to evaluate the reputation of a user and/or conduct fraud or spam detection. A number of different factors selected for reputation/fraud prediction value can be used in a statistical model to evaluate reputation of an individual based on an identifier, such as an email address. The factors can include information useful in predicting the reputation of an individual, such as in how many address books the email address or other information appears, whether emails have been previously sent to that email address, whether any such emails have been returned as undeliverable, and so forth. These factors can be used to create a vector including scores for the user on the various factors, which can be stored in a vector database and updated regularly as the information changes. The information in the vector database can be accessed by parties for use in reputation evaluation, fraud detection, etc. for a particular email address or individual. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265199 | System and Method for Governance, Risk, and Compliance Management - In particular embodiments, the present invention provides a system and method for governance, risk, and compliance management. For example, a method for governance, risk, and compliance management includes providing an interface for defining a control to be used to reach a goal of an organization. The control provides a procedure to be followed by the organization. The method further includes providing the interface for defining a metric for tracking a progress of the organization towards reaching the goal using the procedure. The method further includes receiving metric data from an external source. The metric data corresponds to the metric. The method further includes tracking the progress of the organization towards reaching the goal using at least the metric and the metric data. The method further includes displaying the progress of the organization towards reaching the goal. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265200 | System and Method for Governance, Risk, and Compliance Management - A method for governance, risk, and compliance management includes, at a user interface, enabling a user to define a plurality of goals of an organization. The method further includes at the user interface, enabling the user to input a plurality of controls, each control comprising a measure implemented by the organization to achieve one or more of the plurality of goals of the organization and input linking information that links each of the plurality of controls to the one or more of the plurality of goals for which it was implemented. The method further includes at one or more processors coupled to a memory, storing the plurality of goals, the plurality of controls, and the linking information in the memory. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265201 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SECURITY SOLUTION - Provided are a method and apparatus for determining a security solution. The method and apparatus generate a security solution analysis model for analyzing effects on investment of security solution combinations consisting of several security solution candidates on the basis of integer programming (IP), standardize various constraints that have significant effects on security solution determination on the basis of IP, and apply the standardized constraints to the security solution analysis model, thereby determining a security solution combination having the smallest residual risk while satisfying the constraints as an optimum security solution combination. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265202 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A CUSTOMER REQUEST - A method for processing customer requests includes: generating a service request according to a business subscribed by a customer, wherein the service request carries service request information; acquiring business attribute information required in business processing corresponding to the service request, according to the service request information; and determining a corresponding business processing unit according to the acquired business attribute information, so as to process the subscribed business. A system for processing customer requests is also disclosed. With the present invention, the quality of service may be guaranteed and the satisfaction degree of the customer may be improved. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265203 | USER PRIORITIZED SEARCH ENGINE FOR AUTOMATED MEETING SCHEDULING - The present solution provides a new concept of ranking whereby calendar users will be allowed to prioritize a variety of meeting attributes. For prioritizing their meeting requirements, users can place meeting requirements into one of two lists: “Must/mandatory” and “preferred.” The system will then search for meeting times that satisfy the user's prioritization. The search produces a ranked result set of meeting alternatives. Users see percentage rankings of how well the various meeting alternatives satisfy their Must and preferred requirements, and a summary of proposed meeting logistics for each alternative. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265204 | Interface for bidding on a resource - Facilitating determination of an amount to bid for a resource is disclosed. In some embodiments, market condition data indicating for at least a currently indicated bid amount a corresponding likely wait to obtain the resource under current conditions in an auction-based market used to allocate the resource is received. A representation of at least the likely wait corresponding to the currently indicated bid amount is communicated to a user. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265205 | Pricing, Allocating, accounting and distributing internal resources using a market mechanism - A market based approach to allocating a resource within an organizational entity is disclosed. In some embodiments, a request comprising a bid indicating an amount of a purchasing power asset that a requester with which the request is associated is prepared to provide within the organizational entity to obtain the resource is received. The request is associated with a pool of competing requests for the resource, each competing request having associated with it a corresponding competing bid from a competing requestor from within the organizational entity. A winning bid is selected from the pool of competing requests. The resource is caused to be delivered to the successful bidder, and an accounting transaction is executed to charge the successful bidder an amount of purchasing power asset corresponding to a resource price. In some embodiments the price charged is an organizational entity-wide benchmark price, such as a market clearing price. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265206 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A CHAOTIC EVENT - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing a chaotic event. A management location is determined for managing a chaotic event in response to receiving an indication of the chaotic event. Resources necessary for managing the chaotic event are identified. The availability of the necessary resources is determined to form available resources. The available resources are optimized based on requirements and constraints to form optimized resources. The availability and cost of the optimized resources are verified. The chaotic event is managed from the management location using the optimized resources. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265207 | Property Management System and Method for Operating the Same - A method for operating a property management system is disclosed. The method includes the steps of identifying one or more maintenance needs of one or more real property units; and utilizing a communication device for creating one or more virtual work orders related to the one or more maintenance needs, uploading one or more maintenance need images associated with the one or more virtual work orders, and uploading one or more serviced task images associated with the one or more virtual work orders. A system is also disclosed. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265208 | METHOD FOR OUTSOURCING TECHNOLOGY BASED SERVICES - A computer implemented method of defining the outsourcing of technology based services, the method including the steps of: defining a plurality of technology based services that are to be provided by one or more service providers to a customer; defining a plurality of activities associated with the services; displaying the services and activities on a graphical user interface; detecting a selection of one of the activities; and displaying further information on the interface based on the selected activity, wherein the further information provides a guide on how to define the outsourcing of the selected activity. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265209 | System and Method for Governance, Risk, and Compliance Management - A method for governance, risk, and compliance management may include at a user interface, enabling a user to define a project template including a list of related controls, one or more control templates, and a testing project configuration (“TPC”) file for each control of a plurality of controls. The user may initiate a testing project by selecting the project template. The method may further include, in response to selection of the project template, at the one or more processors, automatically generating a list of tasks to be performed to test the related controls and automatically outputting the list of tasks. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265210 | Systems for Store Associate Management in a Store - Described herein is a system for managing at least one store associate in the operation of a store through wireless electronic communication through a communication network between a manager and at least one store associate. The manager uses a manager's communication device and the at least one store associate uses an associate's communication device to communicate through the communication network. The store associate is provided a list of orders to perform and the manager receives data on the manager's communication device pertaining to the performance of the list of orders created on the associate's communication device, wherein the manager uses said data to evaluate the job performance of the at least one store associate. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265211 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING FRAUD - A system and method for detecting fraud when facilitating a payment transaction over a global wide area network. The method comprises receiving a sale information, receiving a payment information from a buyer, and analyzing a transaction information for fraud. If the analyzing indicates fraud, an enhanced transaction information is communicated to a human for fraud analysis. In one embodiment, the method comprises performing rule-based analyses to determine whether the transaction appears to be fraudulent. Rule-based analyses may include suspect data rules and velocity rules. Velocity rules generally determine whether there has been excessive activity that may lead to a conclusion that the transaction may be fraudulent. Suspect data rules are used to determine whether the billing, shipping, selling addresses, telephone numbers, and account numbers, and other data are in a syntactically correct format and whether they exist. In one embodiment, the method further comprises performing simple screening of the transaction information. In one embodiment, the method further comprises seeking approval from a third party such as a financial institution based on the payment information. The method may be implemented as part of a system that includes personal computers, server computers, and other personal computing devices, some of which may communicate over the Internet, and others which may communicate via dedicated communication lines. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265212 | ADVERTISING IN A STREAMING MEDIA ENVIRONMENT - A method, system and apparatus of advertising in a streaming media environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes selecting a media content from a content database having content of a plurality of artists and media labels based on a request of a user of a social community environment, streaming the media content from a central server associated with the central database to the user without requiring consideration of the user to access the media content, and generating an advertisement that is displayed to the user when the media content is streamed to the user. The method may include selecting a good and/or a service being marketed in the advertisement based on an artist, an album, a track, a genre, a type, and/or a tempo of the media content and/or based on interests defined in a user profile associated with the user. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265213 | RELEVANT CONTENT TO ENHANCE A STREAMING MEDIA EXPERIENCE - A method, system and apparatus of relevant content to enhance a streaming media experience are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes selecting a media content from a content database having content of a plurality of artists and media labels based on a request of a user of a social community environment, automatically selecting a relevant content related to the media content from at least one of a user generated content library and a professional content library based on match between a meta-data associated with the media content and the relevant content, streaming the media content from a central server associated with the central content database to the user without requiring consideration of the user to access the media content, and displaying the relevant content to the user when the media content is being streamed. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265214 | Advertisement in Operating System - Among other disclosures, an operating system presents one or more advertisements to a user and disables one or more functions while the advertisement is being presented. At the end of the advertisement, the operating system again enables the function(s). The advertisement can be visual or audible. The presentation of the advertisement(s) can be made as part of an approach where the user obtains a good or service, such as the operating system, for free or at reduced cost. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265215 | Methods and apparatus to monitor audience exposure to media using duration-based data - Example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to monitor audience exposure to media using duration-based data are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves determining a duration of exposure to an information medium based on transaction information associated with access to a public establishment, determining a first duration value based on the duration of exposure, and determining a second duration value indicative of a duration for which the information medium is accessible within the public establishment. The example method also involves determining an exposure performance value based on the first and second duration values indicative of an exposure performance of the information medium. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265216 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CUSTOMER SPECIFIC BASED FOOD PREPARATION PREDICTION - A food preparation predicting system and method in one embodiment includes a detector for obtaining customer information, a memory including program instructions for obtaining customer information from the detector, associating the customer information with stored customer specific preference information, generating a pseudo-order based upon the associated preference information, generating food preparation information based upon the pseudo-order, and displaying the food preparation information, and a processor operably connected to the camera and the memory for executing the program instructions. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265217 | SYSTEM FOR TRIGGERING TERMINALS - A method and a system are proposed, wherein all the terminals of a physical unit and a control appliance are connected to a physically separate control center via a base terminal appliance. This control center has the base terminal appliances of further physical units connected to it. In addition, the control center has producers connected to it which manufacture the terminals or supply services for the terminals or types of terminals. To actuate the terminals, provision is made for selection processes which are input on the control appliance to be conveyed via the control center to the producers of the appliances, from where the control signals produced there are supplied via the control center to the relevant terminals. There is thus no direct connection made between a type of remote control and the appliance controlled by it. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265218 | Method and system for media initialization via data sharing - A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium estimate media performance on advertising space inventory. The method selects at least one media cell that shares one or more common attributes with a target media cell. The method subsequently estimates mean revenue per impression (RPI) of the selected media cell, and then defines an initial estimate of a RPI of the target media cell based on the estimated RPI of the selected cell. The method computes the RPI of the target media cell by combining the initial RPI estimate for the target media cell with performance data associated with the target media cell. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265219 | Local content management & distribution system - A method and system for the publishing, management and distribution of local content via a plurality of Internet media types. The method and system provides for single entry of local content and automated mass distribution via the Internet. A key component of the method and system is the categorizing and organizing of local content at the point of publishing by the system and/or author of the local content which allows for delivery and/or placement of the local content to a more relevant reader across the plurality of Internet media types. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265220 | INTELLIGENT MULTI-CHANNEL TARGETED TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADVERTISEMENT CAMPAIGN MANAGER - The present invention is a system and method to enable advertisement subsidized telecommunications services, which can deliver a campaign comprised of multiple advertisements, each advertisement using a different format (text, audio and video), to user's different terminals (cell phone, soft phone, PDA, PC, etc.) by using different telecommunications channels (text message, phone call, multimedia message, ring tone) simultaneously. The system is comprised of three layers: a campaign manager to manage campaign state, a service logic, which determines the user population and the channel best matching each advertisement's content and format, and a channel manager which emulates a confederation of service applications to simultaneously tap into various telecommunications channels through a Service Delivery Platform (SDP), or by directly attaching to the operator's network. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265221 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING THE INFLUENCE OF MARKETING ASSETS - In various embodiments, the influence of marketing assets upon an individual are analyzed. In particular, a record of the individual's interactions with a first marketing asset of a first marketing campaign may be stored in a database. Thereafter, the database may be queried to determine whether the individual interacted with the first marketing asset in accordance with defined criteria. If so, the individual may be associated with the first marketing campaign. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265222 | User Grouping Apparatus And User Grouping Method - An RFID aggregate storage stores a radio-frequency ID aggregate structure. The RFID aggregate structure is an aggregated data structure of a plurality of RFIDs, in which each RFID is associated with a location and time read out from a RFID tag, and RFID related information, hierarchically constructed by classifying RFIDs based on the readout location and further by classifying them based on the readout time. A proximity evaluator evaluates the proximity between the first user's RF ID aggregate and the second user's RFID aggregate. A user classifier classifies the first user and the second user in one group when the proximity is smaller than a predetermined threshold value. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265223 | ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL (ETA) SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system on a network provides estimated time of arrival information to a client located on the network. The system is adapted to present to the client pages for eliciting a product inquiry including a product number. The system receives the product inquiry, determines estimated time of arrivals for various destinations for at least one in-transit unit having the product number, and transmits to the client the estimated time of arrivals. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265224 | Generation of Automated Reports and Matching Using Online Surveys and Collaborative Filtering - A method and apparatus for providing targeted online compensation reports that accounts for unique individual job characteristics by using dynamic profiles is described. The invention uses a survey engine having a collaborative filtering engine that determines appropriate questions to ask the user during the survey, and may further provide suggested possible answers. A collection of user profiles is used for comparison purposes and to produce additional individualized compensation reports. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265225 | Transfer methods, systems and devices for managing a compliance instruction lifecycle - An instructional management system using an instructional game to provide support to a compliance learner as they encounter variance during operational execution, require redirection and or intervention and necessitate a metric for transfer, during and within an instructional compliance lifecycle, relative to rules of law, policy, standards of treatment and/or self-assigned parameters. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265226 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTIVE ADVERTISING - Methods and apparatus for interactive advertising. A user may optionally select some or all of the interactive advertising for storage for later viewing or use. For example, in one embodiment, the user may have access to a personalized storage space for digital information and by, e.g., selecting a hyperlink, store the interactive advertising to the personalized storage space. The storage of particular advertisements can itself be used to select further advertisements, or may itself constitute valuable data that may be made available to advertisers or other third parties. For example, ad response rates, user feedback, and refined user model attributes may be provided to advertisers to facilitate subsequent marketing and ad delivery efforts. The selection of an advertisement may be used to influence the selection and display of subsequent advertisements to that particular user or to other similarly-characterized users as discussed below. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265227 | Methods for Advertisement Display Policy Exploration - An exploratory ordering of advertisements is generated using an exploration policy that is a modified version of an existing policy. The exploration policy is defined to swap a pair of adjacent advertisements in an ordering of advertisements generated by the existing policy so to generate the exploratory ordering of advertisements. A top number of the exploratory ordering of advertisements are displayed. The top number corresponds to a number of available advertisement display spaces. Click data associated with display of the exploratory ordering of advertisements is collected. A revenue generation capability of a new policy is evaluated based on the collected click data. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265228 | POINT OF SALE COUPON SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods of offering incentives such as electronic coupons at a point of sale. Transaction information gathered at a point of sale system is received at a host computer. The transaction information relates to a transaction performed by a consumer at a merchant, and includes a consumer account identifier identifying an account from which payment is to be made for the transaction, and includes a merchant identifier identifying the merchant. Using the host computer, it is recognized that the combination of merchant and consumer account identifiers qualifies for an incentive offer. The host computer transmits a description of the incentive offer to be offered to the consumer at the point of sale, and receives an indication that the consumer has accepted the offer. In a database maintained by the host computer, an indication is recorded that the offer is pending for the combination of consumer account and merchant identifiers. | 2009-10-22 |
20090265229 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR BUYER DRIVEN SERVICES E-COMMERCE - A buyer driven e-commerce for services is presented. The buyer connects to a web site for the purpose of locating a provider of a service. The buyer, choosing to place an ad on the web site, chooses a category of services that corresponds to a required service. The buyer then chooses a service option related to the category selected. The buyer then provides information to questions regarding the service option. The buyer also provides a video file to further describe and clarify the required service. The information and the video file are posted to the web site as the ad. The provider connecting to the web site accesses the ad under the service option under the category. The provider then chooses to bid on the required service. The buyer reviews bids for the ad. After reviewing the bids, the buyer chooses an acceptable provider for the required service. | 2009-10-22 |