43rd week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 62 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140316963 | SAVINGS PARTICIPATION RIGHT UNITS WITH INVESTOR DIVERSIFICATION - A method for funding a municipal solid waste reduction program includes conducting a study of anticipated future cost savings for a Municipality from implementing sealable, refillable fluid product packaging to replace existing disposable fluid product packaging for the purpose of reducing solid waste. After the study, one establishes a value for a savings participation right that shares savings generated by replacing the disposable fluid product packaging with sealable, refillable fluid product packaging, and offers for sale the savings participation right to investors based on said established value. The savings participation right holder is paid a monetary value based on actually realized municipal savings resulting from a reduction in solid waste as a consequence of the municipal solid waste reduction program. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316964 | Systems and Methods for Tracking Greenhouse Gas Emissions - A system and method such that users subject to greenhouse gas programs, such as the California Air and Resource Board Cap-and-Trade program, can identify what allowances and obligations said user has at any point in time. The invention will allow for data to be received from any source of carbon trades, emission forward prices, electronic tags (e-Tags), or other relevant emissions attributes. The invention will have all formulas and data necessary to determine a user's position. The invention will create reports necessary to show compliance with greenhouse gas programs. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316965 | Method and System for Managing Sovereign/Non-Sovereign Dual Debit Accounts - A sovereign/non-sovereign dual debit account (DDA) management system includes a DDA entity having a sovereign debit account containing sovereign currency and a non-sovereign debit account containing non-sovereign currency and a currency trading entity. The system further includes a real-time digital currency exchange (rtDCE). The DDA entity and the currency trading entity partner through the rtDCE to add, in real-time, sovereign currency to the DDA entity sovereign debit account by selling non-sovereign currency from the DDA entity non-sovereign debit account to the currency trading entity at a current exchange rate, and vice versa. The currency trading entity may or may not be a DDA entity. The system enables DDA holders to use sovereign and non-sovereign currency interchangeably for everyday commercial transactions, removing a significant hurdle to mass adoption of non-sovereign currency. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316966 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COALESCING MARKET DATA AT A CLIENT DEVICE - A client device coalesces data received from an exchange, and provides a client application such as a graphical user interface with the opportunity to process fewer, but up-to-date, data updates from an exchange when a large volume of prices becomes available. Accordingly, the trader can be assured of receiving updated information that are fed to the client applications at a rate that is cohesive with that client device's processing speed. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316967 | Method of buying or selling items and a user interface to facilitate the same - A method of buying or selling items having at least one market and its associated processes are disclosed. The method includes the steps of, under control of a client system, displaying information identifying at least one item and a bid and/or ask price for the item in the market; and specifying transaction conditions based on a user directed position of a moveable icon, where the transaction conditions are related to the buying or selling of the identified item in the active market. Then, in response to an action of the user sending a user transaction request at the transaction conditions displayed at the time of said action, facilitating financial transactions for the user in accordance with the transaction conditions to complete the transaction. In this manner, the item may be bought or sold by the user at the transaction conditions specified. A user interface to facilitate this method is also disclosed. A quantity recommendation system to facilitate the quantity decision of a financial transaction is further disclosed. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316968 | Time Market Grid Interface - A system and method are provided for trading a tradeable object. One example apparatus includes a microprocessor, a graphical user comprising a first screen region having a plurality of locations in the first screen region, each location corresponding to a price level along a first axis and a time along a second axis. The apparatus also comprises a user input device for sending a command to initiate placement of a timed trade order, and an indicator being dynamically displayed in one of the plurality locations of the first screen region and corresponding to the timed order. In one example embodiment, the indicator dynamically moves over time relative to the second axis indicating a time until the order will be automatically sent to a computerized matching process. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316969 | SYSTEM FOR RESOLVING TRANSACTIONS - An apparatus for resolving a debt transaction is provided. The apparatus includes a server having means for contacting the debtor by transmitting a communication to the debtor using one of a number of available communication channels, a credit information seeking module configured to obtain debtor debt account information from a financial information source other than the server and the debtor, and a rules based decision module configured to analyze debtor debt account information in order to determine a potential resolution strategy for the debt transaction comprising at least one transaction settlement offer based on creditworthiness of the debtor based on rules established by the creditor. The server is configured to provide the debtor with the at least one transaction settlement offer, and the server is further configured to attempt to obtain agreement from the debtor to settle the debt transaction based on the at least one transaction settlement offer and process at least a portion of a payment by the debtor in settlement of the debt transaction. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316970 | GENERATING INCOME FROM UNUSED CREDIT - A system includes one or more computers operable to electronically receive a request to deposit a first unused credit guarantee with a financial institution, and an unused credit account database configured to store the unused credit guarantee in a corresponding electronic account. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316971 | METHODS OF MATCHING ORDERS ON AN ELECTRONIC TRADING SYSTEM AND AN ELECTRONIC TRADING SYSTEM FOR MATCHING ORDERS - Electronic messages regarding a current order status of an order book of an electronic exchange system are transmitted to users including information concerning identities of parties having placed orders stored in the order book. The current order status is associated with a queue of orders stored in the order book. Each stored order has associated properties and an associated queue number. A higher queue number indicates a lower trading priority than a lower queue number. An electronic order message is received to trade selecting an order stored in the order book having a queue number of two or higher than over a lower queue number order stored in the order book. Both the selected order and the lower queue number order have properties matching both the selected order and the lower queue number order. The received message is identified as including information that selects the order stored in the order book having a queue number of two or higher. The received message is matched with the selected order stored in the order book having a queue number of two or higher. The lower queue number order remains stored in the order book after the matching. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316972 | E-COMMERCE SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR ACHIEVING - An e-commerce system and a method for realizing spot transaction of commodity. The present invention includes user-level apparatus, transmission level apparatus, the access level apparatus and service level apparatus, wherein the user level apparatus includes a user end device, a storage unit and a bank unit; the transmission level apparatus includes the Internet and a private network; the access level apparatus includes a user interface unit, an information query release interface unit, a storage interface unit, a bank interface unit, and an information query interface unit; the service level apparatus includes a common data channel unit, a transaction server, a settlement server, an information management server, a data settlement server, a server sequence controller and a data server. The server sequence controller of the present invention controls the transaction server, the settlement server and the data settlement server, which forms a specific working sequence period, realizes spot transaction of commodity and daily delivery in kind, and enables the real function of spot trading of commodity via an e-commerce system. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316973 | FACILITATING REVENUE GENERATION FROM WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY MARKETS - The apparatus, systems and methods herein facilitate generation of energy-related revenue for an energy customer of an electricity supplier. The apparatuses and methods herein can be used to generate operating schedules for a controller of the energy assets. When implemented, the generated operating schedules facilitates derivation of the energy-related revenue, over a time period T, associated with operation of the energy assets according to the generated operating schedule. The energy-related revenue available to the energy customer over the time period T is based at least in part on a wholesale electricity market. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316974 | System and Method for Coupling Projected and Actual Energy Cost Savings to Amortized Loans - A computer-implemented method for computing an amortization period for a term loan is presented. The method includes computing a first amortization period such that a first payment is a first predetermined percentage of a first cost savings. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316975 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING ONLINE PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS IN A NETWORK-BASED TRANSACTION FACILITY USING MULTIPLE PAYMENT INSTRUMENTS - A method and system for transferring value to a user of a transaction system including receiving from the user a request for value, evaluating the risk involved in providing the value by evaluating information accessible to the transaction system, selectively approving the request for value based on evaluating the risk involved, and distributing the value to the user. The information that is accessible to the transaction system may be stored at the transaction system or separated from the transaction system. The value may include funds, a line of credit, coupons, or gift certificates, and may be distributed over a period of time. The user may be a buyer or a seller. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316976 | MONEY TRANSFERS FOR TAX REFUNDS - Tax refunds are provided via a money transfer service. Merely by way of example, a taxpayer (or a tax preparer) might provide to the IRS an account number at a bank, as a target for a direct deposit refund related to a tax return. In an aspect, the account number might have a specific format that informs the bank that the refund is to be processed by the money transfer service, and in another aspect, the account number might include data that identifies the taxpayer to the money transfer service. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316977 | RECURRING MONEY TRANSFER - A system and method of performing a value-advance money transfer comprising: receiving a money transfer request; determining whether an account associated with a sender of funds includes a sufficient amount of funds to cover a money transfer request; providing an amount of funds from a money transfer provider to the account associated with the sender to cover the money transfer request; making the amount of funds available to the sender for use in the money transfer; and executing a money transfer from the account to the control of the receiver. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316978 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PAYMENT ON CALL IN A NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT - A computer-implemented method and system is disclosed in which a network-based e-commerce environment includes a merchant site to receive a voice call associated with a purchase transaction from a consumer, generate a payment request corresponding to the consumer purchase transaction in response to receiving the voice call, send the payment request to a payment site, and receive confirmation from the payment site that payment for the consumer purchase transaction has been received. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316979 | Systems and Methods for Identifying and Delivering Tailored Content Based Upon a Service Dialog - The present disclosure identifies and/or delivers tailored content based upon a service dialog. For example, the systems may receive a request for tailored content, facilitate a service dialog to obtain information related to the request, and communicate a plurality of tailored content based upon the information related to the request. Further, the systems may identify tailored content based upon a consumer profile, communicate the tailored content to a web client, and/or receive a selection of the tailored content. Further still, the systems may modify a magazine (e.g., content that is presented electronically) based upon tailored content. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316981 | RECOVERY OF DECLINED TRANSACTIONS - Systems and methods for facilitating a purchase are described. When a payment processor declines a transaction, an error code is sent to a merchant. The error code indicates to the merchant that the failed transaction is recoverable if the user chooses a new funding source or payment instrument. The merchant sends the user back to a payment service provider site where the user can either choose a new funding source or enter a new payment method. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316982 | System and Method for Electronic Bill Pay and Presentment - A system and method is disclosed enabling a customer payor to make payment to a payee in a networked environment using a credit card, revolving credit, or other credit account. The payment system may provide for online receipt and review of bills, and may allow a customer payor to optionally select one or more alternative secondary accounts for payment in the event that payment cannot be made from a primary credit account. The secondary account may be another credit account, a checking account, a brokerage account, or another type of account. Actual payment may be accomplished by electronic settlement of a credit transaction, electronic funds transfer, or by printing and physically delivering a paper check. A customer payor using the system and method may receive notification concerning the success or failure of the transaction. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316983 | SELECTIVELY ROUTING A TRANSACTION FROM AN AUTOMATED BANKING MACHINE BASED ON TRANSACTION PROCESSING FEES - In an example embodiment, a routing computer is operable to communicate with an automated banking machine and with a plurality of remote financial transaction authorization systems. The routing computer is operable to receive data representative of a requested transaction associated with a financial account associated with a user operating the automated banking machine. The routing computer is operable to determine for the plurality of remote financial transaction authorization system a transaction processing fee for the requested transaction. The routing computer is operable to select a selected one of the plurality of remote financial transaction authorization systems for the transaction, wherein the selected one of the plurality of remote financial transaction systems is selected based on having the lowest transaction processing fee for the requested transaction. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316984 | MOBILE DEVICE TRANSACTION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method and system involves using continual authentication and transactional information in a probabilistic framework to provide user and transactional authentication and authorization. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316985 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERIFYING IDENTITIES - A method for verifying the identity of one party on behalf of another party is provided. The method includes providing a money-transfer system and a communication system that communicates with the money-transfer system; receiving at the money-transfer system from the first party certain verification criteria for confirming the identity of a second party; and storing the verification criteria in the host computer system of the money-transfer system. When an ID is received from the second party at a money-transfer location; the verification criteria is retrieved from the host computer system; and the acceptability of the ID is determined in accordance with the verification criteria. If the identification device is acceptable, identification information is obtained from the identification device; and the identification information is processed to verify the identity of the second party. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316986 | GENERATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSACTION IDENTIFIERS HAVING BIOMETRIC KEYS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH - A system for generating transaction settlement identifiers includes an arrangement configured to receive a biometric sample from a customer and an arrangement configured to use the biometric sample to select the transaction settlement identifier from a pool of predetermined transaction settlements. A mapping arrangement configured to map the selected financial transaction settlement identifier to an identifier of the customer also may be included. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316987 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRE-AUTHORIZED MONEY TRANSFER TRANSACTIONS - Methods and systems which allow one or more money transfer transactions to be implemented in a manner which provides additional certainty to a receiving party are provided. In one embodiment, a money transfer service authorizes a sender to transfer up to a certain amount of money. With this authorization, a money transfer transaction regiment is established, while the money transfer service maintains an accounting of the balance to insure that the balance remains below the pre-determined authorized amount. In another embodiment, a money transfer services utilizes reliability criteria to authorize a sender to transfer money with the money and service charge being collected after the transfer is completed. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316988 | INSTANT AVAILABILITY OF ELECTRONICALLY TRANSFERRED FUNDS - A system and method for making funds of a transaction available to a user before a funding entry clears is provided. The system may be part of an on-line system configured to facilitate payments or fund transfers from users. In example embodiments, a transaction request from a user is received. A risk score indicating a perceived risk involved with releasing funds before the funding entry clears is computed. Funds of the transaction are caused to be released prior to the funding entry clearing a financial institution based on the risk score exceeding a transfer threshold. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316989 | AUTHENTICATING ONLINE USERS WITH DISTORTED CHALLENGES BASED ON TRANSACTION HISTORIES - In one embodiment, a system includes one or more processors having memory coupled thereto. The memory stores instructions executable to cause the system to perform a method that includes generating a request based on 1) transaction information that is available to a user and a service provider and relating to one or more transactions by a user, and 2) at least one user-specified preference as to a type of the transaction information upon which the request is based, communicating the request to a device of the user, receiving a response to the request from the user device, and determining the authenticity of the user based on the response. The request can be in visually or audibly form, such as a Captcha. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316990 | APPLICATION STORE INTERFACE FOR REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF CLIENT DEVICES - Example embodiments relate to an application store interface provided to enable remote management of client devices. In example embodiments, a server transmits an application store interface identifying applications available for installation by an administrative user associated with a number of client devices. The application store interface may then receive a selection of an application to be installed from the administrative user. In response, the application store interface may trigger installation of the selected application on each of the client devices by an agent executing on each device. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316991 | ONLINE PURCHASE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method to use quick response (QR) codes encoded with merchant website t identification codes and session GUID to register a user or code scanner with a merchant server, login the user or code scanner with the merchant server, and complete a purchase of an item or service within a virtual shopping cart of the merchant server. A code scanner can scan a QR code displayed on a device connected to the interne. An application server can receive an identification code from the code scanner and then transmit data indicating form fields to be filled in on a merchant webpage. A user profile can include data regarding the user and a payment instrument. The user profile data can prepopulate the form fields and the form field data can be transmitted to the merchant server to use for logging in the user and completing the purchase. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316992 | METHOD FOR CHARGING AN ONBOARD-UNIT WITH AN ELECTRONIC TICKET - Methods are disclosed for charging an onboard unit with an electronic ticket and redeeming the ticket at a radio beacon. The onboard unit has a DSRC interface for radio communication with the radio beacon and a second interface for radio communication with a mobile phone. The second interface is separate from the DSRC interface. The onboard unit is provided with a public and a private electronic key of the onboard unit. In the mobile telephone, an encrypted ticket is received and the encrypted ticket is sent to the onboard unit. In the onboard unit, the encrypted ticket is received, the received ticket is decrypted, and the ticket is transmitted to the radio beacon for redemption. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316993 | MOBILE TERMINAL, TRANSACTION TERMINAL, AND METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A TRANSACTION AT A TRANSACTION TERMINAL BY MEANS OF A MOBILE TERMINAL - The invention relates to a method for carrying out a transaction at a transaction terminal ( | 2014-10-23 |
20140316994 | ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION METHOD - The invention relates to an electronic method for approving a transaction, to a corresponding transaction system, to a transaction application for carrying out the method, to a mobile terminal having such a transaction application, and to a payment system comprising the transaction system in order to execute the transaction. In this manner, an electronic method is made available that is easy to handle and that can be used to approve a transaction within the scope of a business transaction between buyers and sellers, that can be used virtually without limitations in terms of location, that requires a minimum of already available technical infrastructure, and that is nevertheless secure for all parties involved. For this purpose, the mobile terminal has to have a display element, it has to be suitable to establish a wireless data connection with the transaction server, and it has to have application and e-mail capabilities. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316995 | CONSUMER PRODUCTS - Computer based systems and methods allow designing (e.g., customization) of consumer products, such as articles of footwear, apparel, athletic equipment, etc., by users. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316996 | SYSTEM AND/OR METHOD FOR HANDLING RECALLED PRODUCT PURCHASES AND/OR RETURN/WARRANTY REQUESTS - Certain exemplary embodiments described herein relate to the field of electronic registration (ER) of purchased products and, more particularly, to improved electronic registration techniques purchase-side and/or return-side handling of recalled items. Certain exemplary embodiments on the purchase-side may help to filter-out products that have recalled been before they are purchased. Certain exemplary embodiments on the return-side may help enable recall return overrides, thus facilitating the acceptance of recalled products even though they might not qualify under an original return/warranty policy. Advantageously, more and more recalled products may be filtered out of circulation through the use of purchase-side and/or return-side recall watch list checking techniques of certain exemplary embodiments. Such purchase-side and/or return-side recall watch list checking may be performed together with or separate from electronic registration techniques in different exemplary embodiments. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316997 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE DYNAMIC PRESENTATION OF QUESTIONS AND/OR PROMPTS - Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for generating and presenting providing one or more questions and/or prompts to a customers that enable the customer to identify, diagnose, and/or resolve any technical problems the customer may currently be facing. Administrators may provide input to an interface, such as a graphical user interface (“GUI”), to automatically develop, arrange, group, and/or generate the series of questions/prompts provided to the customer. Other interfaces may be generated to receive input corresponding to the questions from other users and react to the input received from such users with appropriate responses or further questions. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316998 | MACHINE INSPECTION TOOL WITH SERVICE REPORT SYNCHRONIZATION - Computer-based tools and techniques are provided for performing service operations such as performing inspections on machines, for example. The tools may include a service data device having one or more checklists which are customizable and electronically interactive. The service data device may be configured for communicating with a service administrator computer system to process data associated with the service operations. | 2014-10-23 |
20140316999 | AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING A CURRENT VALUE FOR A REAL ESTATE PROPERTY, SUCH AS A HOME, THAT IS TAILORED TO INPUT FROM A HUMAN USER, SUCH AS ITS OWNER. - A facility procuring information about a distinguished property from its owner that is usable to refine an automatic valuation of the distinguished property is described. The facility displays information about the distinguished property used in the automatic valuation of the distinguished property. The facility obtains user input from the owner adjusting at least one aspect of information about the distinguished property used in the automatic valuation of the distinguished property. The facility then displays to the owner a refined valuation of the distinguished property that is based on the adjustment of the obtained user input. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317000 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF A PATENT PORTFOLIO - Generally discussed herein are systems and methods for performing patent analytics. In one or more embodiments, a method for performing patent analytics can include receiving an identification of a target patent, analyzing the target patent to determine a corpus of prior art references cited against the target patent, classifying a plurality of the references in the corpus of prior art references as abandoned or active, generating a value rating for the target patent based in part on the classifying, or storing the value rating in association with the target patent. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317001 | METHODS FOR EVALUATING TERM SUPPORT IN PATENT-RELATED DOCUMENTS - In one embodiment, a method of evaluating a term in a patent-related document includes receiving a selected term, generating one or more variant suggestions related to the selected term, displaying the one or more variant suggestions, receiving one or more selected variant suggestions from the one or more variant suggestions, and associating the one or more selected variant suggestions with the selected term. In another embodiment, a method of evaluating a term in a patent-related document includes displaying a list of terms appearing in a first patent-related document and a second patent-related document, displaying a graphical representation of whether or not individual terms in the list of terms appear in the first patent-related document or the second patent-related document, and receiving a selected term from the list of terms. The method further includes displaying one or more variant suggestions related to the selected term. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317002 | RIGHT OBJECT RENEWAL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RIGHT-PROTECTED BROADCAST SERVICE - A Right Object renewal method and apparatus for a right-protected digital broadcast service that is capable of predicting the expiration of a Right Object issued for the right-protected broadcast channel and renewing the Right Object prior to the expiration of the Right object based on the predicted expiry is provided. A right object renewal method for a right-protected broadcast service using a long term right object having a purchased license duration and a short term right object having a temporary license duration which is shorter than the purchased license duration according to the present invention includes determining whether the time to expire of a previously issued short term right object is less than a predetermined threshold value; requesting, when the time to expire of the previously issued short term right object is less than the threshold value, requesting and receiving a new short term object; and renewing the duration of the short term right object based on the received new short term right object. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317003 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING CROWDSOURCED CREDENTIALING AND ACCREDITATION - A system and method for facilitating crowdsourced credentialing over a network includes a federated profile manager to maintain profile related information for a plurality of professionals obtained from a plurality of federated sources distributed across the crowdsourced network. The system further includes a profile segmenting engine to segment and classify the profile-related information for each of the professionals into a plurality of federated profiles. The system further includes a certification engine to allow a plurality of crowdsourced respondents to respond to the federated profiles associated with each of the plurality of professionals and credential them. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317004 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING DIGITAL ASSETS - Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for tracking the usage of digital assets is disclosed. In one implementation, a method is provided that comprises sending a request to a digital asset management system to acquire a digital asset from a digital asset provider and receiving an asset identifier for the digital asset from the digital asset management system. The method also includes sending the asset identifier to a content management system and receiving publication information from the content management system. In addition, the method includes tracking the publication of the digital asset based on the publication information. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317005 | Methods, Devices and Systems for Secure Transport of Materials - Methods, devices, and systems for the secure transport of material are provided. A transported material may be a biological material, such as a biological sample. Material is only transferred to a courier having a unique, single-use authorization code. Authorization codes are provided to a courier only upon arrival at a proper location and at a designated time. Courier identification or code confirmation or authorization may also be required. Identification or other confirmation regarding a custodian, material to be transferred, or both, may be required. Courier images, custodian images, or both, may be required. An authorization code may include a bar code, a number, a letter, or other symbol or code. An authorization code, an image, route information, and other information may be communicated by cell-phone, WiFi, Bluetooth, or other link. Transport containers with temperature sensors and communication links, and storage containers with light sensors, memory, and communication links are provided. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317006 | MARKET SPECIFIC REPORTING MECHANISMS FOR SOCIAL CONTENT OBJECTS - Technology for providing reporting options specific for a market or a common user attribute is disclosed herein. A computer server of a social networking system determines multiple community standards for a group of users of a social networking system, wherein the group of users have a common user attribute such as a common market. The computer server receives a request for reporting a content object in the social networking system from a user among the group of users. The computer server determines multiple reporting options based on the community standards, and transmits the reporting options to the user in response to the request. The reporting options represent potential reasons why the user reports the content object | 2014-10-23 |
20140317007 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR REALIZATION OF ONLINE VIRTUALIZED OBJECTS - A system, method, and computer program product for an online transferring system where a conveying user may transfer a virtual object, representative of a real object, to a receiving user using an electronic ID of the receiving user and have a real object delivered to a shipping address of the receiving user without knowledge of the shipping address by the conveying user. The system includes an electronic data store having a set of identifying information for a receiving user. The set of identifying information includes an electronic ID and a physical contact address. The system includes a communication system for communication between the conveying user and the receiving user. The communication system provides the electronic ID to the conveying user without providing the physical contact address to the conveying user. The system includes a virtual object, representative of a real-world object, associated with the conveying user. The system includes a physical shipping system, coupled to the communication system, for initiating a delivery of the real-world object to the physical contact address responsive to the conveying user communicating the virtual object to the electronic ID. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317008 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AND CONTROLLING ACCESS TO CANDIDATE INFORMATION IN COLLECTIONS OF PARTNER COMPANIES - A non-transitory computer readable medium and a method for providing employee information in response to queries by requesting companies in accord with searching rights granted by the employer includes receiving a query comprising at least readable non-transitory memory residing within at least one network-connected server. A role-based security profile relative to the partner company's employee database allows the matching of one requested attribute at the network-connected server, from the requesting company. The server retrieves a role-based security profile associated with the requesting company to determine a subset of a partner company database comprising partner company employee data selected for access in accord with the security profile. Within the subset of the partner company database matching candidate employee data is identified as having at least one employee attribute to match the requested attribute. The candidate employee data is transmitted to the requesting company. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317009 | Managing Online and Offline Interactions Between Recruiters and Job Seekers - Systems and methods for managing interactions between users to allow for a more effective online employment process are disclosed. In an aspect, the system includes a portal containing various databases and allows employers and prospective employees to create profiles, create and search for job postings, and create and take exams and interviews. In another aspect, system includes processes which can assist in these steps by using an automated system to grade and score tests and interviews, generate test questions based on the type of the job posting, and perform automated matching between users based on commonalities. In yet another aspect, user profiles may be connected to update feeds and social media sites in order to automatically pull updates from such sites to ensure that a prospective employee's profile remains up-to-date. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317010 | PRIVACY AUCTION MECHANISM - A consumer electronic device hosts a media application that obtains media content use data for a user. The media application interfaces with a server that analyzes the media content use-related data based on a budget-constrained DCLEF and/or a distortion-constrained DCLEF mechanism. The user is then compensated for their disclosed use data based on the severity of the privacy incursion. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317011 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Providing Student Enrollment Alerts In An Online Learning Environment - A computer-implemented system and method for providing student enrollment alerts in an online learning environment is provided. A subscription threshold for an organization is determined for students enrolled in an online learning environment. The subscription threshold includes a number of subscriptions purchased by the organization. New enrollments for one or more of the students associated with the organization is received. A new enrollment alert is generated for each of the new enrollments and the alerts are delivered to an administrator of the online learning environment. A total number of the new enrollments are determined for the organization. The subscription threshold is applied to the number of new enrollments. A subscription alert is generated when the number of the new enrollments satisfies the subscription threshold. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317012 | ENABLING NON-MONETARY PHILANTHROPIC CURRENCY DONATION - A method of enabling philanthropic donation includes receiving from a user target data designating a donation target and item data corresponding to a non-monetary item. A processor automatically determines a currency amount of a monetary currency using the received item data and automatically produces a donation record indicating that the determined currency amount should be donated as specified by the designated donation target by a donating party different from the user. The donation can be verified and the user informed if the donation is not permitted. A system for enabling philanthropic donation includes the processor, a storage device storing target-menu data including indications of a plurality of donation targets, and a communications interface adapted to provide to the user at least some of the target-menu data and to receive the target and item data including social media functionalities for the user. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317013 | Virtual Warehouse - Various implementations described herein are directed to a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, may cause the computer to receive a request to ship a predetermined number of a type of goods to a destination location. The computer may identify a selection of goods that correspond to the requested type of goods from a database containing a plurality of goods that are physically stored in more than geographical location. The computer may determine which of the selection of goods are available to be shipped to the destination location based on one or more rules for the geographical locations of the selection of goods. The one or more rules dictate whether goods can be shipped from the geographical locations to the destination location. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317014 | Shipping Route Determination - Various implementations described herein are directed to a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, may cause the computer to receive data corresponding to a shipment. The computer may retrieve carrier data related to the shipment. The computer may retrieve local carrier rules related to the shipment. The computer may modify the carrier data using the local carrier rules. The computer may create one or more routes for the shipment using the modified carrier data. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317015 | FINANCIAL ADVISOR RANKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Methods and systems are provided to compute a financial advisor score based on demographic and professional data, or variables, associated with a financial advisor. In particular, subgroups based on the values of the variables for multiple financial advisors are created; based on sales attributed to the subgroup of financial advisors and the number of financial advisors in each subgroup, a weighting for each variable associated with each financial advisor is derived. A plurality of variable weights associated with each financial advisor may be added together and scaled yielding a financial advisor score. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317016 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INCOME PAYMENTS TO AN INVESTOR - In at least one embodiment computerized methods and corresponding systems for providing guaranteed income payments to an investor are provided that include the step or steps of: receiving information from the investor representing at least a current age of the investor, a desired income start date, a desired income payment amount, and a premium payment amount; receiving a premium payment from the investor and placing the premium payment into a first investment sleeve; and automatically transferring using at least one computing device, during a waiting period and according to a predefined event, a portion of the premium payment from the first investment sleeve to a second investment sleeve, wherein the portion of the premium payment transferred calculated by the at least one computing device as a function of a time remaining in the waiting period and the desired income amount. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317017 | AUTOMATIC MAPPING AND ALLOCATION OF SPECIAL INTERESTS IN TRUSTS FOR PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS - The present invention relates to analysis of trusts that have multiple beneficiaries whose interests mature in different time periods or under different conditions. In particular, we disclose automatic mapping of interests in one or more trusts, optionally subject to user confirmation, to long and short positions in financial or derivative interests that have expected payouts and costs that can be offset against underlying trust assets. The underlying assets and long and short positions in the mapped instruments can be attributed to various beneficiaries and subjected to various risk and investment analyses. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317018 | System and Method for Managing Investments with an Investment Model - A computer-implemented method for managing a plurality of 401(k) accounts comprises the step of transmitting data configured to generate at least one graphical user interface comprising selectable options configured to facilitate a user to create an investment model for the plurality of 401(k) accounts, wherein the created investment model comprises a plurality of securities and, for each security of the plurality of securities, a target percentage. The method further includes the step of automatically initiating investments at predetermined intervals for each 401(k) account of the plurality of 401(k) accounts based at least partially on the investment model, wherein each investment is based at least partially on the target percentage of a corresponding security, such that an allocation of assets for each 401(k) account of the plurality of 401(k) accounts is rebalanced according to the target percentage for each security. A system for performing the method is also disclosed. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317019 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RISK MANAGEMENT AND PORTFOLIO OPTIMIZATION - A processor-based analytical system accesses financial data for a group of assets over a plurality of time periods and identifies relationship characteristics for the financial data during those time periods. The system compares the relationship characteristics to compute pair-wise similarity measures, which are used to group different time periods into states. The system also accesses information identifying an investment portfolio, such as information identifying particular assets in that portfolio as well as the weightings of those assets in the portfolio. The system evaluates the performance of the portfolio in the states. The system alters the investment portfolio by altering the weightings of the assets in the investment portfolio in order to achieve a predetermined investment goal. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317020 | MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A USER - The invention provides a system, method, machine readable program and a graphical user interface for managing multiple accounts associated with a user. The method includes receiving a first set of information associated with identification of a user, in response to the first set of information, identifying a second set of information relating to a financial account associated with the user, the financial account being associated with a financial institution, in response to the first set of information. The method also includes identifying a third set of information relating to a health account associated with the user, the health account being associated with a healthcare institution. A fourth set of information is generated based upon the second set of information and the third set of information. The method also includes sending a signal representative of the fourth set of information. The signal may be sent to the user or a designee of the user. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317021 | MULTI-ASSET PORTFOLIO SIMULATION (MAPS) - An exemplary system according to the present disclosure comprises a computing device that in operation, causes the system to receive financial product or financial portfolio data, map the financial product to a risk factor, execute a risk factor simulation process involving the risk factor, generate product profit and loss values for the financial product or portfolio profit and loss values for the financial portfolio based on the risk factor simulation process, and determine an initial margin for the financial product. The risk factor simulation process can be a filtered historical simulation process. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317022 | USING COMMERCIAL SHARE OF WALLET TO RATE INVESTMENTS - Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. A mutual fund rating company can use this CSoW/CSoSW modeling approach to predict the performance of funds that invest in a particular industry or sector. In addition, since mutual funds often provide guidelines for selecting stocks, rating companies can use this modeling approach to predict the performance of companies in a fund's portfolio. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317023 | STOCK INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING A BUSINESS GROWTH CYCLE AND CALCULATING UNDERVALUED/OVERVALUED STOCKS USING SAME - The present invention relates to stock information provision method and system for providing stock information and a business growth cycle as well, thereby helping investors select a buying or selling strategy according to each phase of the business growth cycle, and also presenting the degree by which the business is overvalued or undervalued in a percentage method. The stock information provision system includes a present value calculating unit which calculates a present value based on the latest net profits of the business, a normal value calculating unit which calculates a normal value based on net assets of the business, a future value calculating unit which calculates a future value based on a stock price of the business, and a business growth cycle calculating unit which decides one of phases forming a growth cycle of the business through comparison with the three values each other. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317024 | INTERNET-BASED PAPERLESS POSTAGE SYSTEM - A paperless postage method includes receiving sender electronic mail piece images and storing them, receiving a mail piece, taking an image of the mail piece, comparing the image with the stored sender electronic mail piece images to determine a match, retrieving sender service selections for the mail piece, and processing the mail piece according to the sender service selections. A paperless postage system includes an information reception and storage module configured to receive and store sender electronic mail piece images, an image capture module configured to take an image of a mail piece, an image matching module configured to compare the image with the stored sender electronic mail piece images to determine a match, a service selection module configured to retrieve sender service selections for the mail piece, and a mail piece processing module configured to process the mail piece according to the sender service selections for the mail piece. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317025 | Utility Equipment Monitoring and Reporting Systems and Methods - The present disclosure is an utility equipment monitoring and reporting system, that has a property comprising at least one utility and a third party data source coupled to the at least one utility that receives measurement data indicative of utility consumption. The system further has a data retrieval computing device that retrieves measurement data from the third party data source and transmits the measurement data to a server computing device via a network. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317026 | INVITATION MANAGEMENT BASED ON INVITEE'S BEHAVIOR - Technologies are generally described for an invitation management scheme. In some examples, an application provider server may include an invitation request receiver unit configured to receive, from an account of a first user, a request to invite a second user to use an application; an interest determination unit configured to determine whether the second user is inclined to use the application based at least in part on behavior information regarding activity in an account of the second user that includes a number of invitations sent to the account of the second user that remain pending; a notification generation unit configured to generate an invitation to be sent to the account of the second user after the interest determination unit determines that the second user is inclined to use the application; and a notification transmitter unit configured to transmit the generated invitation to the account of the second user. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317027 | Contextually-Appropriate Task Reminders - A computing device learns over time how to identify task reminders that are most likely to be helpful to a user in different contexts. The task reminders can remind the user of activities that the user needs to do. The computing device displays a graphical user interface (GUI) that contains the task reminders identified as being most likely to be helpful to the user in the user's current context. The computing device updates the task reminders in the GUI as the user's context changes. In this way, the computing device can present task reminders that are likely to be currently helpful to the user while suppressing task reminders that are less likely to be helpful to the user at the current time. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317028 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF DETECTING USER IDENTITY BASED ON MOTOR-CONTROL LOOP MODEL - Device, system, and method of detecting identity of a user based on motor-control loop model. A method includes: during a first session of a user who utilizes a pointing device for interacting with a computerized service, monitoring the pointing device dynamics and gestures of the user; based on the monitored dynamics and gestures, estimating parameters that characterize a sensorimotor control loop model of the user; storing in a database a record indicating that the user is associated with the parameters that characterize the sensorimotor control loop model of the user. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317029 | SELECTIVE CARRYING OUT OF SCHEDULED CONTROL OPERATIONS BY AN INTELLIGENT CONTROLLER - The current application is directed to intelligent controllers that use sensor output and electronically stored information to determine whether or not one or more types of entities are present within an area, volume, or environment monitored by the intelligent controllers. The intelligent controllers select operational modes and/or modify control schedules with respect to the presence and absence of the one or more entities. The intelligent controllers selectively carry out scheduled control operations during periods of time when one or more types of entities are determined not to be in a controlled environment. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317030 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CUSTOMIZING CONVERSATION AGENTS BASED ON USER CHARACTERISTICS - A conversation-simulating system facilitates simulating an intelligent conversation with a human user. During operation, the system can receive a user-statement from the user during a simulated conversation, and generates a set of automatic-statements that each responds to the user-statement. The system then determines a set of behavior-characteristics for the user, and computes relevance scores for the automatic-statements based on the behavior-characteristics. Each relevance score indicates an outcome quality that the user is likely to perceive for the automatic-statement as a response to the user-statement. The system selects an automatic-statement that has a highest relevance score from the set of automatic-statements, and provides the selected automatic-statement to the user. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317031 | APPLICATION RECOMMENDATION - Various embodiments of the disclosed technology can obtain information about associations between users (e.g., user accounts) of a content management system and applications compatible with the content management system. Various embodiments can also obtain information about a plurality of attributes associated with usage of the content management system by the users (e.g., user accounts). In some embodiments, the attributes can include a device property, a usage pattern, an account property, a content item property, a profile property, a preference property, or a domain property. Moreover, data about social connections of the users (e.g., user accounts) can also be obtained. Based, at least in part, on at least one of the information about the associations, the information about the plurality of attributes, or the data about the social connections, one or more applications can be recommended to a selected user (e.g., a selected user account). | 2014-10-23 |
20140317032 | Systems and Methods for Generating Automated Evaluation Models - Systems and methods are described for generating a scoring model for responses. A computer-implemented method of calibrating a scoring model using a processing system for scoring examinee responses includes accessing a plurality of training responses for training the scoring model. The plurality of training responses are analyzed to derive values of multiple features (variables) of the training responses. The scoring model is trained based on the values of the multiple features of the training responses and one or more external measures of proficiency for each individual associated with a training response utilized in the training. The one or more external measures are not derived from the training responses. Based on the training, a weight for each of the multiple features is determined. The scoring model is calibrated to include the weights for at least some of the features for scoring examinee responses. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317033 | PREDICTIVE AND DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS ON RELATIONS GRAPHS WITH HETEROGENEOUS ENTITIES - A system, method and computer program product provides a random walk model with heterogeneous graphs to leverage multiple source data and accomplish prediction tasks. The system and method components include: 1) A heterogeneous graph formulation including heterogeneous instances of abstract objects as graph nodes and multiple relations as edges connecting those nodes. The different types of relations, such as client-vendor relation and client-product relation, are often quantified as the weights of edges connecting those entities; 2) To accomplish prediction tasks with such information, launching a multi-stage random walk model over the heterogeneous graph. The random walk within a subgraph with homogenous nodes usually produces the relevance between entities of the same type. The random walk across different type of nodes provides the prediction of decisions, such as a client purchasing a product. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317034 | DATA CLASSIFICATION - An illustrative data classifier device includes data storage and at least one processor configured to operate as a query engine and a passive classifier that is configured to predict classification labels for data. The processor is configured to determine a relationship between the data and training data with associated training classification labels. The processor is also configured to assign a weighted version of at least one of the training classification labels to at least one member of the data based on the determined relationship. An illustrative method of classifying data includes predicting classification labels for data by determining a relationship between the data and training data with associated training classification labels. A weighted version of at least one of the training classification labels is assigned to at least one member of the data based on the determined relationship. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317035 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR EVENT-BASED COMMUNICATION IN A SPIKING NEURON NETWORKS - Apparatus and methods for event based communication in a spiking neuron network. The network may comprise units communicating by spikes via synapses. The spikes may communicate a payload data. The data may comprise one or more bits. The payload may be stored in a buffer of a pre-synaptic unit and be configured to accessed by the post-synaptic unit. Spikes of different payload may cause different actions by the recipient unit. Sensory input spikes may cause postsynaptic response and trigger connection efficacy update. Teaching input spikes trigger the efficacy update without causing the post-synaptic response. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317036 | Method and Apparatus for Determining an Invocation Input - A method comprising determining to provide a notification to a user, the notification being associated with notification content, determining a cognitive load associated with the notification content, and determining an invocation input associated with the notification based, at least in part on the cognitive load is disclosed. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317037 | DISTRIBUTED COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT DEFINITION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed is a system and method for generating a reusable virtual environment item to be integrated into a visual computer simulation wherein the reusable virtual environment item is generated using data gathered from a plurality of developers, wherein the system comprises a centralized knowledge management module, a plurality of distributed workspaces, a content repository, and a content production tool. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317038 | PREDICTIVE AND DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS ON RELATIONS GRAPHS WITH HETEROGENEOUS ENTITIES - A method provides a random walk model with heterogeneous graphs to leverage multiple source data and accomplish prediction tasks. The system and method components include: 1) A heterogeneous graph formulation including heterogeneous instances of abstract objects as graph nodes and multiple relations as edges connecting those nodes. The different types of relations, such as client-vendor relation and client-product relation, are often quantified as the weights of edges connecting those entities; 2) To accomplish prediction tasks with such information, launching a multi-stage random walk model over the heterogeneous graph. The random walk within a subgraph with homogenous nodes usually produces the relevance between entities of the same type. The random walk across different type of nodes provides the prediction of decisions, such as a client purchasing a product. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317039 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES UTILIZING CUMULATIVE SLEEP DATA TO PREDICT THE HEALTH OF AN INDIVIDUAL - The methods and systems described herein may involve determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and delivering content to at least one individual based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing a game, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one player of the game, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and affecting the game play based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing an interactive space, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual in the space, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and modifying at least one attribute of the space based on the analysis. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317040 | EVENT ANALYZER AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An event analyzer includes an event log collection module configured to collect an event log, an event log storage module configured to convert the event log into an event matrix and to store the event matrix, an event occurrence-order determination module configured to determine occurrence-order of device events based on the event matrix, a Bayesian network generation module configured to specify device events serving as parent node candidates, to calculate evaluation values corresponding to each specified parent node candidate at a virtual device event obtained by shifting the device event serving as a processing object each unit time, and to select an device event serving as a parent node together with a shift amount, and an analysis module configured to output an device event estimated as a cause of an device event to be analyzed, or an device event estimated to occur later based on the shift amount. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317041 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTEXT AWARENESS BASED NETWORKING OPERATION IN SMART UBIQUITOUS NETWORKS - Disclosed are a method and a system for providing a context awareness based networking operation in smart ubiquitous networks. The present invention provides a network entity with a networking operation that enables dynamically acquiring context information from various sources (for example, an end user, an end user device, a network, a service, and a content) in smart ubiquitous networks, processing, that is, analyzing and deducing related information in the acquired context information, and thereafter, controlling and managing the network depending on the recognized context. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317042 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES UTILIZING CUMULITIVE SLEEP DATA TO PREDICT THE HEALTH OF AN INDIVIDUAL - The methods and systems described herein may involve determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and delivering content to at least one individual based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing a game, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one player of the game, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and affecting the game play based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing an interactive space, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual in the space, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and modifying at least one attribute of the space based on the analysis. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317043 | Map Intuition System and Method - A map intuition system and method that involves machine learning techniques to analyze data sets and identify mappings and transformation rules as well as machine-human interactions to leverage human intuition and intelligence to rapidly complete a map. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317044 | Method And Device for Real-Time Knowledge Processing Based on an Ontology With Temporal Extensions - Embodiments are directed towards a method and a computer server for receiving assertions, wherein an assertion can have a functional property such that for a given subject and a given property the object has a single value at any time, maintaining a knowledge base that includes (1) a history table that stores previously received assertions, and (2) a snapshot table that stores currently valid assertions, maintaining a snapshot cache in memory that stores a subset of the assertions in the snapshot table, initiating a processing cycle, selecting an assertion for processing, generating an assertion tuple that corresponds to the selected assertion, determining that the property of the selected assertion is functional, writing a retraction tuple to the history table, writing the assertion tuple to the snapshot table; and writing the assertion tuple to the history table. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317045 | DATA MODEL GENERATION BASED ON USER INTERFACE SPECIFICATION - Systems, devices, and methods for providing data model generation based on user interface specifications are presented. On a client device, an execution platform may provide a graphical user interface (GUI) through which a software designer can visually develop an application. The execution platform may represent the application as pages with each page containing zero or more widgets. From this representation, a database schema is automatically created and populated, and then stored on a server device. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317046 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCORING DATA IN A DATABASE - Computer system and method are provided which include or utilize first and second databases, and a receiver for receiving online data. The first database stores received online data in a first data structure, and the second database stores the online data in a second data structure, with the second structure being obtained by applying a transformation to the online data in the first data structure. The system also has a software component for generating an analytical model using at least part of the online data stored in the second database, and a processor and memory storing a plurality of applications that are executable on the processor, where a mapping application includes instructions that, when executed, cause at runtime the processor to automatically retrieve at least part of the online data from the second database, and store in a storage of the system the retrieved online data. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317047 | ENHANCED TRANSACTIONAL CACHE WITH BULK OPERATION - Described herein is a technology for providing enhanced transactional caching. In accordance with one aspect, a transactional cache associated with a database is configured. Execution of a write operation on the database is delayed until a flush is determined to be necessary. The write operation is delayed by writing to the transactional cache. The flush is invoked by writing inserted or updated records in the transactional cache to the database via a bulk operation. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317048 | ENHANCED TRANSACTIONAL CACHE - Described herein is a technology for providing enhanced transactional caching. In accordance with one aspect, a transactional cache associated with a database is configured. The enhanced cache may support write operation by partial key or index. Execution of a write operation on the database is delayed until a flush is determined to be necessary. The write operation is delayed by performing the write operation on the transactional cache. The flush is invoked by performing a row-wise bulk operation that updates the database based on the transactional cache. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317049 | AUTOMATIC REDACTION OF CONTENT FOR ALTERNATE REVIEWERS IN DOCUMENT WORKFLOW SOLUTIONS - A document workflow management system monitors progress of a document as it moves between various personnel to whom workflow actions have been assigned. It may send the document to the alternate person and then return the document to the original workflow when the alternate person has completed the action. If the document includes content that is subject to an access restriction, it will automatically redact that content before sending it to the alternate person, and it may return the content to the document when the document returns to the original workflow. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317050 | ENSURING ACCESS TO LONG-TERM STORED ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - Mechanisms are provided for ensuring access to long-term stored electronic documents. In one example, one or more methods may provide for automatically ensuring access to long-term stored electronic documents. In another example, one or more algorithms may provide for automatically ensuring access to long-term stored electronic documents. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317051 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Exploring And Filtering An Information Space Based On Attributes Via An Interactive Display - A computer-implemented system and method for exploring and filtering an information space based on attributes via an interactive display is provided. Entities related to an information space are retrieved. Attributes associated with the entities are identified. The entities are displayed as a list. A status representation of the entities and at least one attribute graph based on one of the attributes from the entity list are presented. A status of a user with respect to one or more of the entities is tracked. The status for the one or more entities is received from the user. The user status is applied to the status representation and the attribute graph. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317052 | Method of Submitting Information to a Database Concerning a Stopped Vehicle - A law enforcement officer involved in a traffic stop is provided with a means to submit details of contraband locations within the stopped vehicle to a cloud-based server or database. This method of submitting information allows any other officer to be able to retrieve up-to-date information regarding the location of contraband hidden with a particular vehicle. The data submitted, stored, and accessed from the cloud-based server or database may include methods and instructions for accessing the hiding places, or other relevant information useful for an officer to retrieve contraband. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317053 | SELECTING STORAGE FACILITIES IN A PLURALITY OF DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORKS - A method begins by receiving a data storage request and determining target operational parameters of a set of dispersed storage (DS) units of a dispersed storage network (DSN). The method continues by determining candidate DS units. The method continues by determining a memory optimization factor for each of the DS units on a unit-by-unit basis and optimizing the DS unit memory utilization of one or more selected DS units based on the memory optimization factor. The method continues by finalizing the operational parameters. The method continues by encoding data slices of the data object and sending the encoded data slices with a store command to selected ones of the DS units. The method continues by updating a file directory to include an identity of the selected ones of the DS units and an identity of the set of encoded data slices stored therein. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317054 | TECHNIQUES FOR ADMINISTERING COMINGLED CONTENT ITEMS - Techniques for assisting owners to remotely administer their digital content items stored at non-owners' personal computing devices. The techniques involve identifying owned content items from among content items stored in a synchronization replica that is synchronized with synchronization replicas at the non-owners' personal computing devices. The techniques further involve allowing owners to remotely perform certain administrative actions on owned content items. For example, in response to a command initiated at an owner's personal computing device, a network signal or signals can be sent to a synchronization agent installed on the non-owners' personal computing devices to automatically remove all owned content items from the synchronization replicas at the non-owners' personal computing devices. For example, the generation and sending of such signal can be performed by an online content item storage and synchronization service that synchronizes a server-stored synchronization replica with the synchronization replicas at the non-owners' personal computing devices. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317055 | Version Vector Scheme for Data Synchronization on Resource-Constrained Networks - Disclosed herein are methods and structures for networks of mobile computers which efficiently synchronizes table data across the mobile computers while exhibiting great tolerance for temporary disconnects. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317056 | METHOD OF DISTRIBUTING AND STORING FILE-BASED DATA - A metadata server of a distributed file system calculates an access frequency of a file and changes a maintaining method of chunks of a data server for dividing data of the file into chunk units to store the chunks in a stripe in accordance with access frequency of the file. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317057 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIGITAL FULFILLMENT OF SYSTEM IMAGES - In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system for deploying a target image to a particular target system may include a storage medium and a processor communicatively coupled to the storage medium. The process may be configured to receive one or more target images and store the one or more target images to the storage medium, receive unique system identifiers for each of one or more target systems and store the unique system identifiers to the storage medium, generate one or more entitlements binding each of the one or more target systems to a respective target image of the one or more target images based on the one or more target images and the unique system identifiers, and deploy a target image having an entitlement for the particular target system. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317058 | WIRELESS STORAGE DEVICE AND SYSTEM HAVING CAPABILITY OF AUTONOMOUS BACKUP - Disclosure is to a wireless storage device capable of performing an autonomous backup. The device adopts a wireless communication technology to render a variety of access services for a wireless terminal device. For example, the storage device provides an external backup service to the connected terminal device. The device performs data packets routing for the terminal device to a network. The storage device is able to process video signals from the terminal device and broadcast video onto a display. In one embodiment, in addition to the built-in storage medium, various interfaces are disposed onto the wireless storage device to connect with many types of external storage devices. When the wireless terminal device issues a backup instruction, the wireless storage device performs backup between the medium. In particular, the backup procedure is autonomously operated in the device without occupying bandwidth between the devices as transferring the data. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317059 | INSTANT DATA CENTER RECOVERY - Facility for providing backup and restore of all data center components including physical machines, virtual machines, routers, networks, sub-networks, switches, firewall, directory lookup, DNS, DHCP and internet access. Virtual or physical machines are associated to data center components and a software defined network, storage, and compute infrastructure is provided. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317060 | REMOTE BACKUP OF LARGE FILES - A method of backing up large volumes of data that includes identifying a data file for remote backup; transmitting two or more chunks of the data file in parallel through a communications network to a server to be stored by the server; streaming, compressing, and encrypting prior to transmission each chunk without generating additional data copies for each of the streaming, compressing, and encrypting; detecting an interruption in the transmission a chunk(s); checking the availability and reliability of the communications network; and restarting transmission of the interrupted chunk after a randomized pause period. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317061 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED INTERACTION MEDIA STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL - A method for distributed storage and retrieval of interactions comprises registering a plurality of temporary storage endpoints and a plurality of permanent storage endpoints with a storage manager; capturing one of the interactions in one of the temporary storage endpoints; determining one of the plurality of permanent storage endpoints to which the captured interaction should be transferred; transferring the interaction to the determined one of the plurality of permanent storage endpoints; and maintaining a location of the transferred interaction and making the transferred interaction available for retrieval and analysis. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317062 | AMETHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING SQLITE FILE DELETED FROM MOBILE TERMINAL - The invention provides a method and device to recover deleted sqlite files on mobile terminal. The invention provides a method to preset several sqlite page feature rules. Perform following steps when a mobile terminal is detected: obtaining the image files of current mobile terminal; analyzing the image files of current mobile terminal and selling the search area; call at least one preset sqlite page feature rule according to the data features in the search area, and matching with the data in the search area based on the said sqlite page feature rule to capture the current sqlite page file fragment deleted by the mobile terminal; finally, decoding the data of sqlite page file fragment deleted on current mobile terminal. The invention provides a solution to obtain valid data from the uncovered page fragment of all deleted sqlite files in the mobile terminal, with a high recovery success rate and integrity. | 2014-10-23 |
20140317063 | SYNCHRONIZATION OF STORAGE USING COMPARISONS OF FINGERPRINTS OF BLOCKS - A system for processing data comprises a deduplicating system, an interface, and a processor. The deduplicating system stores a copy of data stored in a data storage system by storing a set of segments that is able to reconstruct the data stored in the data storage system. The interface receives an indication to revert data stored in the data storage system to a state of data at a snapshot time stored in the deduplicating system. The processor is configured to determine a subset of the data stored in the data storage system that has changed between the data stored in the data storage system and the state of data at the snapshot time stored in the deduplicating system using a first list of fingerprints associated with the data stored on the data storage system and a second list of fingerprints associated with the state of data at the snapshot time stored in the deduplicating system. | 2014-10-23 |