44th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 65 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080270147 | Method and Apparatus for Signal Processing and Encoding and Decoding Method, and Apparatus Therefor - An apparatus for processing a signal and method thereof are disclosed. Data coding and entropy coding are performed with interconnection, and grouping is used to enhance coding efficiency. The present invention includes the steps of obtaining a group reference value corresponding to a plurality of data included in one group through data grouping and internal grouping for the data grouping and a difference value corresponding to the group reference value and obtaining the data using the group reference value and the difference value. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270148 | SALES METHOD AND DEVICE TO ASSIST IN MANAGING BUYING DECISION ISSUES - A method and tool for assisting a sales person in identifying and managing buying decision issues where decision facilitation tools are provided either in a computer-based application, card based question set, or a PDA tree-based application device that will assist a sales person in correcting a sales problem in the field the moment it occurs, and managing the communication, decision making, rapport, and collaboration elements necessary for a buyer to make a buying decision and choose one particular vendor (i.e. the seller). Upon identifying these factors, the computer-based application, card based question set, or PDA tree-based application provides sets of decision and risk factors where the sales person is able to evaluate the risk level of the sales call to determine whether further assistance from the sales person is needed. Upon determining that a sales situation is at high risk of not closing or being time extended, the card, booklet, or PDA provides examples of Facilitative Questions that the sales person can use based on the specific buying decision issues that have not been managed. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270149 | CONTRACT ASSOCIATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A contract association method and system. The method includes receiving, by a computing system from a requester, a command for creating a service request. The computing system places restrictions on accessing contracts associated with suppliers. The computing system receives a selection of a first requested skill from the requester. The computing system selects a group of contracts applicable to a group of suppliers. The computing system generates a service request document comprising a selection of a first supplier from the group of suppliers, a first contract of the group of contracts, and the first requested skill. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270150 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF REPAIR AND OPERATIONS PLANNING - Systems and methods for repair and operation planning are provided in order to maximize efficiency of a company. The speed in repairing equipment and the availability of spare parts are vital in order to maintain a client base. The systems and methods provided analyze the spare parts repair history and other factors in order to integrate many departments of a company. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270151 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEVELOPING AN AUDIENCE OF BUYERS AND OBTAINING THEIR BEHAVIORAL PREFERENCES TO PROMOTE COMMERCE ON A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method and system are disclosed that provide for determining and developing business opportunities network within a communication network. Profile data of a plurality of participants of an event are stored within the network. The profile data are associated with at least one of the plurality of participants, and serve as a basis to generate recommendations of pertinence to each of the plurality of participants. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270152 | Patent Acquisition and Assertion by a (Non-Inventor) First Party Against a Second Party - Methods for a first party to acquire and assert a patent property against a second party are disclosed. The methods include obtaining an equity interest in the patent property. The methods further include writing a claim within the scope of the patent property. The claim is written to cover a product of the second party where the product includes a secret aspect. The methods further include filing the claim with a patent office. The methods sometimes include offering a license of the patent property to the second party after the patent property issues as a patent with the claim. The methods sometimes include asserting infringement of the claim by the second party after the patent property issues as a patent with the claim. The methods sometimes include negotiating a cross-license with the second party based on the assertion of infringement of the claim, where under the cross-license the first party obtains a license to an intellectual property right from the second party. The methods sometime include attempting to obtain a monetary settlement from the second party based on the assertion of infringement of the claim. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270153 | SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA) LIFECYCLE MODEL MIGRATION - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to SOA systems migration and provide a method, system and computer program product for SOA lifecycle model migration. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for migrating a process model in a monolithic application to an SOA lifecycle model in an SOA based system can be provided. The method can include selecting process steps implemented by code assets in a code base for the monolithic application, mapping the selected process steps to corresponding ones of the code assets, and determining entry and exit points in the code assets for establishing callbacks into services defining the SOA based system. Thereafter, callbacks to the determined entry and exit points can be established and the services can be deployed. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270154 | System for scoring click traffic - A system is disclosed for measuring click traffic quality by scoring clicks made on sponsored advertisements. A click score generated by the disclosed system may enable advertisers and publishers to distinguish between legitimate and fraudulent clicks. The disclosed system may filter click data associated with a click made on a sponsored advertisement. The system may generate a click score that may represent the confidence with which the quality of a click may be determined. The system also may generate a confidence interval associated with the click score. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270155 | Central integrated method and system for digital signage and customer call-forward - A method for a service process by at least one agent for the benefit of a plurality of customers forming a line, the process performed by a central integrated system for digital signage and customer call-forward from a line in a service area. The method includes entering by one of the plurality of customers into the service area and joining by the one of the plurality of customers in the line. The method also includes calling by the at least one agent of the one of the plurality of customers and indicating by the system of the availability of the at least one agent. Next, the one of the plurality of customers approaches the at least one agent, the at least one agent provides service to the one of the plurality of customers and the one of the plurality of customers exits the service area, wherein the digital signage and customer call-forward process are integrated and seamless for the plurality of customers. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270156 | System and method for information technology service strategy - A method and system for providing information technology services. The method and system can include an information technology service provider and a client located remotely from the information technology service provider who may need information technology services. The service provider and the client may establish an amount of service to be provided. The service provider and the client may then also establish a data connection so as to allow for the access and exchange of data to and from each party. Thus the service provider may provide information technology service to the client and the client may access the information technology resources of the service provider from remote locations and the client may not need to maintain and information technology staff. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270157 | Method and apparatus for selling disposable inflatable air mattresses as temporary bedding material - A method for selling an inflated bedding material to a consumer in an automated manner includes receiving payment from the consumer, manufacturing an inflated bedding material and releasing the bedding material to the consumer. The device configured to manufacture the inflated bedding material includes a first roller with a sheet of a first material, a source of compressed air, a heat sealer, and a controller. The sheet is configured to extend from the roller, and be sealed in a first location to form a pouch with an open end, and a closed end. The source of compressed air fills the pouch with air through the open end. The inflated pouch is sealed at the closed end by the heat sealer to form the sealed inflated bedding material. The method may also be carried out without receiving funds, and in response to an emergency, or humanitarian operation. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270158 | Method and apparatus for geo-spatial and social relationship analysis - A method and apparatus for geo-spatial and social relationship analysis are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of contacting a target member of a community includes obtaining a target location of the member, obtaining a social path to the target member, determining an association between a node location of at least one node of the social path and the target location of the target member, generating a geo-spatial index that determines a geographic proximity each node is from the target member, and communicating with the target member using the at least one node of the social path based on the geographic proximity between each node and the target member. The method may include establishing a social link with the target member using the at least one node. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270159 | Dynamically determining products for a customer based on the customer's requirements - Embodiments of the present invention pertain to dynamically determining products for a customer based on the customer's requirements. According to one embodiment, information describing customers' requirements is received. A data structure is dynamically created based on the information. The data structure includes a plurality of decision trees for types of products. Automatic determination of a particular solution is enabled based on the data structure and requirements for a particular customer. The automatic determination uses a first decision tree for a first type of product and a second decision tree for a second type of product to determine what products to associate with the particular solution. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270160 | Discriminatory Mileage Offering Method by Load Factor and Computer Readable Record Medium on Which a Program Therefor is Recorded - The present invention relates to a discriminatory mileage offering method by load factor and a computer readable record medium on which a program therefor is recorded, wherein more mileage is offered when a load factor of an airplane is low while less mileage is offered when the load factor is high, thereby maximizing the satisfaction of airlines and passengers. To this end, the present invention provides a discriminatory mileage offering method, comprising a first step of building a mileage database (DB) using mileage applied discriminatively according to a load factor; a second step of receiving passenger boarding information from a terminal that makes communication connection over an information communication network, and storing and managing the boarding information in a customer information database (DB); a third step of calculating a load factor based on the received boarding information, and retrieving mileage corresponding to the calculated load factor from the mileage database (DB); and a fourth step of extracting a passenger to which the mileage retrieved through the third step is to be offered, offering the mileage to the extracted passenger, and storing and managing the offered mileage and information on the passenger in the customer information database (DB). | 2008-10-30 |
20080270161 | Authorization rights for substitute media content - A classification method and system for possible content alteration of a media work may include criteria regarding content that is feasible for alteration. Such criteria may be maintained in records that are accessible to an interested party. Some embodiments may include a record of primary authorization rights applicable to a possible content alteration. A further embodiment feature may include a record of secondary authorization rights applicable to substitute altered content incorporated in a derivative version. Some embodiment implementations may include a derivative version of the media work wherein substitute content, such as an alterable component element having one or more designated aspects, is associated with a real-world entity or person. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270162 | SELF-VALIDATED MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS - Sensor data may be received from multiple sensors configured to sense properties of a process control system. The sensor data may include sensed values and uncertainty data corresponding to the sensed values. A new measurement associated with the process control system and corresponding uncertainty data for the new measurement may be determined based on the sensed values and uncertainty data received from the multiple sensors. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270163 | SYSTEM, PROGRAM AND METHOD FOR EXPERIENTIALLY INDUCING USER ACTIVITY - A unified experiential multimedia inducement and entertainment system, computer program and method for providing broadcasts of multimedia content from a plurality of providers to one or more users. The system, computer program and method provide for experience-based entertainment and inducement to individual users over one or more diverse communications medium, inducing the users to visit, frequent, or stay longer at a provider's physical or virtual location. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270164 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A PLURALITY OF ADVERTISING NETWORKS - According to one aspect of the present invention a method and apparatus are described for improving advertising conversions on the Internet. An analysis engine is provided that analyzes raw advertising metrics in order to identify improvements. A treemap based visualization engine allows the user to visualize a tree in two dimensional space. In one embodiment, an action engine includes rapid one-box recommendation that allows the user to take an action to improve an advertising campaign. According to another aspect, a system and method for managing a plurality of advertising networks is also provided. A typical embodiment of the management system integrates the analysis engine, visualization engine, and action engine in order to optimize a user/manager's time and effort in organizing, improving, and managing advertising campaigns across a plurality of advertising networks. The presentation and organization (rendered by the visualization engine) of visual displays of advertising information (compiled by analysis engine) effectively reduces the workload in managing the plurality of advertising networks, additionally, recommendations can be based on advertising information (supplied by the action engine). In one example, visual cues in the form of color designations, bring the user's attention to advertising nodes on which actions are estimated to have the significant impact. The definition of what a significant impact is may be established by default or in other embodiments can be configurable by each particular user or manager. Once the user's attention is brought to a particular advertising node, actions and alerts can be recommended to improve an individual advertising campaign, ad group, keyword, ad copy, and/or ad. In one embodiment, by providing an interface to access to other networks with their own advertising campaigns a plurality of networks can be managed. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270165 | Virtual world property disposition after real-world occurrence - A method and system provides transactions and arrangements in virtual world environments. A user can participate in transactions to acquire virtual property and related virtual rights. In some implementations, real-world and virtual parties can be involved in possible transfers of various types of virtual property and virtual property rights. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270166 | TRANSCRIPT, COURSE CATALOG AND FINANCIAL AID APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - In one aspect the invention relates to a method of automating an application process. The method includes the steps of collecting student identification information using a graphic user interface; collecting student transcript and student application data; generating a first secure communication channel to transmit a portion of the student transcript and student application data to a first server in response to a valid request; formatting the transcript data such that it is suitable for use by a first database; generating a second secure communication channel to transmit the portion of the student transcript and student application data to the first database, the first database managed by a higher educational institution, and notifying the first server when the transcript data has been received by the database. In one embodiment, the valid request is verified using student identification information. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270167 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOMMENDING ADVERTISEMENT KEYWORD ACCORDING TO KEYWORD RECOMMENDATION STANDARD - A method of recommending an advertisement keyword comprises receiving at least one keyword for an online advertisement from an advertiser; allowing the advertiser to select at least one standard for keyword suggestions associated with the advertisement; selecting at least one keyword suggestions based, at least in part, upon the at least one standard for keyword suggestions; and providing at least some of the selected at least one keyword suggestions. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270168 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SPONSORED BIOMEDICAL PRESENTATIONS - The disclosed methods and systems may broker blind exchanges between and/or among the parties in the process of creating sponsored biomedical education programs, such as commercial interest sponsors, presenters, hosts, and/or facilitators. Blinding may introduce a separation between a source of funding and a biomedical presentation being funded, effectively eliminating real and/or apparent financial conflicts of interest. In a blinding transaction, first data describing an aspect of a biomedical presentation may be received. The biomedical presentation may be associated with a presenter. Second data indicative of an intent of a sponsoring entity to sponsor delivery of the biomedical presentation may be received. The first data may be associated with the identity of the sponsor. An indication to deliver the biomedical presentation may be generated. The indication preferably does not disclose the identity of the sponsoring entity to the presenter. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270169 | Peer ranking - Among other things, with respect to entities each of which has attributes from which a value of the entity to an aspect of one or more fields of human activity can be evaluated subjectively, accumulating subjective information interactively and electronically from people who are experts or peers in one or more of the fields of human activity concerning the value of the entities to the aspect of one or more of the fields, and automatically generating data about relative values of at least some of the entities to the aspect of at least one of the fields based on at least some of the accumulated subjective information. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270170 | Networking Methods and Systems - A network system includes integrated radio transceivers and digitizers, integrated baseband processors and device controllers, digital interfaces there between, and architectures and partitions for same. Licensing methodologies are provided for implementing the features described herein, and for other products and services. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270171 | Method and system for managing caselog fraud and chargeback - Managing caselog fraud and chargeback. The systems and methods include the ability to manage a fraud case in a fraud queue; automatically locate the data associated with the fraud case; display workflows on a customized graphical user interface; automatically navigate through workflows that are based on predetermined rules specific to an account-provider, business, or regulation; store activity and data related to each fraud case; and automatically update the fraud queue. The systems and methods include a fraud analyst workstation, a workflow engine, a host computer system, and a workflow database. The fraud analyst workstation communicates with the workflow engine, which stores and the workflows. The workflow engine communicates with the host computer system to access data associated with the fraud case. The workflow engine communicates with a workflow database, which stores activity and data related to each fraud case for purposes of tracking, billing, and research. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270172 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USING RADAR TO MONITOR AUDIENCES IN MEDIA ENVIRONMENTS - Methods and apparatus for using radar to monitor audiences in media environments are described. An example method of identifying media exposure acquires radar information associated with a person in a media environment, determines a location of the person in the media environment based on the radar information, and identifies media exposure based on the location of the person | 2008-10-30 |
20080270173 | CATTLE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - A highly automated method and system for providing individual animal electronic identification, measurement and value based management of cattle in a large cattle feedlot. Through the use of (1) a computer system integrated with (2) automatic individual animal identification (3) multiple measurement and remeasurement systems with automatic data input and (4) a cattle handling and sorting system, animals are individually (a) identified and (b) measured by weight, external dimensions and characteristics of internal body tissue. With this information together with animal physiological characteristics and historical data, the computer system calculates the optimum (c) slaughter weight, (d) economic end point and (e) marketing date for shipment to a packing plant. After measurement, individual animals are (f) sorted by direction of the computer in response to calculations from the measurements. The computer system also calculates from individual animal data and other data (g) each animal's pro rata share of total feed intake for the animal's feed group. The computer system (h) stores individual animal measurement, performance and location data, which is used by management to (i) select animals for shipment from the feedlot for slaughter at the optimum time. Following an animal's shipment to a slaughter facility, its identification in the computer system is used to (j) correlate the live animal physical characteristics and performance data to the measured and evaluated carcass characteristics data obtained during the slaughter process and (k) build a data base to more accurately identify and measure value-based characteristics in subsequent animals produced and fed for more effective value-based selection and management of those animals. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270174 | Entitlment Security and Control - A system, apparatus, and method are provided for entitlement security and control. According to one embodiment, an entitlement request is matched against entitlement rules, the entitlement permission is granted if the entitlement request satisfies the entitlement rules, and an audit trail of entitlement events is generated. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270175 | Systems and methods using a dynamic expert system to provide patients with aesthetic improvement procedures - The invention relates to dynamic expert systems to provide a patient with at least one recommendation on performing an aesthetic improvement procedure. The system includes a database with actual case studies and aesthetic improvement procedures. The system also includes software adapted to allow a user to query the database based on a patient's desired aesthetic improvement and the results of at least one diagnostic test performed on the patient. The aesthetic improvement procedure is performed and the results of at least one diagnostic test performed after the procedure are analyzed and added to the database of case studies substantially immediately after analysis. The system may also include software adapted to allow a user to query the database based on a patient's desired aesthetic improvement. The system may also include software adapted to query the database to find the results of at least one diagnostic test performed on a patient, to allow the addition of new case studies to the database, to allow the addition of new diagnostic tests, and to allow the addition of new aesthetic improvement procedures. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270176 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ADJUSTING A QUANTITY OF AN ITEM SUPPLIED IN PREPARATION FOR A MEDICAL PROCEDURE - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to update surgeon preference cards or similar records. In this regard, one or more instances may be identified in which the quantity of an item utilized during the medical procedure differed from the predefined quantity of the item supplied in preparation for the medical procedure. For example, the quantity of the item that was utilized most frequently during the medical procedure may be compared to the predefined quantity of the item. An adjustment to the predefined quantity of the item may then be determined if the quantity of the item that was actually utilized most frequently differed from the predefined quantity of the item. A recommendation can then be provided that the predefined quantity of the item be altered in accordance with the adjustment. Based on user response, the predefined quantity of the item may be altered. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270177 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLINICAL DATA VALIDATION - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for validating clinical data including receiving a consistency requirement, receiving a data claim associated with clinical data, and evaluating the data claim based at least in part on the consistency requirement. Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a clinical data validation system including a consistency requirement input component adapted to receive a consistency requirement, a data claim input component adapted to receive a data claim, and a validation component adapted to evaluate the data claim based at least in part on the consistency requirement. The data claim is associated with clinical data. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270178 | Inventory Management System For A Medical Service Provider - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for an improved inventory management system. The system supports a medical service provider by interfacing an inventory management application with a database of electronic medical records. In one embodiment, a single graphical user interface interfaces the inventory management application with the database of electronic medical records, thus providing a simplified, transparent solution as compared to the separate, independent, and non-interfaced systems currently available. By interfacing the inventory management application with the database of electronic medical records, inventory accuracy may be increased and processing times may be decreased. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270179 | Scheduling module in clinical workflow tool for healthcare institutions - A scheduling module for use in method for simulation of a clinical workflow in a healthcare facility which models the processes and treatment of patients is described. The scheduling module accepts a requirement to perform a service on a target date and within a predetermined time window. Each service is characterized by required resources such as rooms, personnel, equipment, consumables, workplace and the presence of the patient. The scheduling module accesses the resource module to determine if the required resources are available during the predetermined time interval. When the resources are available, the resources are reserved and the scheduling module provides a unique identifier for the requested service to the workflow process. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270180 | Method and system for health care data transfer - A method for transferring health care data between a consumer health care application and a plurality of health care information sources. The method includes requesting a first portion of health care data corresponding to a consumer from a first health care information source of the plurality of health care information sources, receiving the first portion of health care data from the first health care information source, storing the first portion of health care data in a health care data repository, requesting a second portion of health care data corresponding to the consumer from a second health care information source of the plurality of health care information sources, receiving the second portion of health care data from the second health care information source, storing the second portion of health care data in the health care data repository, and accessing the first portion of health care data and the second portion of health care data from the health care data repository. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270181 | Method and system for collection, validation, and reporting of data and meta-data in conducting adaptive clinical trials - A method and system are described for centrally managing data in an adaptive clinical trial or other adaptive process that is conducted at a plurality of geographically remote sites. The invention includes (1) flexible means for collecting data from remote sites; (2) processing, tracking, and validating such data and meta-data at a processing location; (3) interacting between central and remote sites to manage and resolve data discrepancies (4) reporting data to managers and remote sites; and (5) facilitation of special services to clinical research such as flexible randomization of patients, patient participation eligibility verification and double-blind trials. The invention is of particular relevance to adaptive clinical trials and other applications that demand the ability to quickly collect, process, and respond to various forms of data in order to adjust actions such as randomization schedules, interim analyses, treatment arm pruning, editing subpopulations, and other adaptive measures. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270182 | METHOD FOR ACHIEVING OUTCOME OBJECTIVES ACROSS CLINICAL SETTINGS - A method of achieving outcome objectives across a clinical setting includes receiving a diagnosis for a patient, receiving one or more goals, each goal having a goal actual rating, a goal expected rating and a goal expected time period, receiving one or more interventions, each intervention having an intervention actual rating, an intervention expected rating and an intervention expected time period, determining a goal variance for each goal, determining an intervention variance for each intervention, and creating a report based on the goal variance and the intervention variance. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270183 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTATION OF CLINICAL EVIDENCE FOR DIAGNOSTIC INTERPRETATION - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for presentation of clinical evidence to a user. Certain embodiments provide an improved picture archiving and communication system (PACS) including a workflow manager facilitating presentation and diagnostic interpretation of clinical evidence aggregated from a plurality of sources. The PACS also includes a workflow screen including a plurality of presentation panes. Each of the plurality of presentation panes displays clinical evidence from the workflow manager according to a particular perspective. The plurality of presentation panes are independent but coordinated, and each of the plurality of presentation panes is context sensitive. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270184 | ACUTE CARE HEALTH CLINIC - A method for processing patients who visit a health clinic for medical attention. The method comprises maintaining a database of evidence-based medical information based on medical standards and sound clinical judgment with ongoing quality review and improvement that is accessible to a computer system; registering a patient for an appointment at the clinic with the computer system; putting the patient into a clinic queue for receiving medical treatment upon their arriving and registering at the clinic; determining the type of medical treatment required by the patient; administering medical treatment to the patient based on the medical condition of the patient; creating a medical record for the patient including information provided by the patient, information accessed from the database about the patient, and the medical treatment administered during the visit to the patient; and accepting financial payment from the patient. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270185 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A MEDICAL REPORT - In a method, a device, a computer program product and a system for provision of a medical report in the framework of a medical finding under consideration of all relevant finding data, the medical report is generated with access to all relevant finding data at different computer-supported workspaces and is distributed online to further computer-supported workspaces. The medical report is thus provided for display on a monitor of arbitrary connected network nodes. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270186 | Giving a Service to a Patient - This invention relates to a method comprising the steps of: subscribing with an identification code of a drug administration device to a health care advisory system, transferring the identification code of the drug administration device to the health care advisory system, controlling that the patient having the drug administration device is a subscriber to the health care advisory system based on the received identification code, requesting and receiving treatment data from the subscribing drug administration device, generating an advice based on the received treatment data and a personalized setup of patient related data in the health care advisory system, and/or generating an order based on the received treatment data in the health care advisory system to supply goods to the patient, and sending the advice to the drug administration device, and/or sending the order to a goods supplier, said method further comprises the step of charging the patient having the drug administration device for the received service. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270187 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USER-CONFIGURABLE RANGE SETTINGS IN CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a clinical information system including a user interface and a custom range storage component. The user interface is adapted to allow a user to configure a custom range. The custom range is configured for a lab result. The custom range storage component adapted to store the configured custom range. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270188 | Graphical display of patient data - A dynamic graphical display for presenting patient data received from a medical device automatically sorts the patient data into a Venn diagram type format. In one embodiment, the graphical display includes two or more graphic objects representing different types of physiological parameters or events derived from the physiological parameters. The graphic objects define at least a first section corresponding to a first subset of patient data, a second section corresponding to a second subset of patient data, and a third section corresponding to a conjunction of the first and second subsets of patient data. In some embodiments, a user may select one of the sections of the graphical display to obtain further details about the respective subset of patient data or conjunction of subsets of data. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270189 | HEALTH CARE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MESSAGING AND MINING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A health care practice management system is used to store, update and access data regarding patients of practitioners such as doctors and staff. The health care practice management system provides access to collections of data for research by data miners based on such aspects as type of patient condition, patient class, or type of patient treatment. The health care practice management system also provides a vehicle to message targeted groups of individuals, namely, practitioners, patients, and miners of the practice data. The health care practice management system can be distributed to users through a reduced cost arrangement that is support through contributions from third parties by sponsoring messages to be displayed through the system to users. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270190 | MEASURED VITAL DATA PRESERVING AND PROVIDING SYSTEM FOR HEALTHCARE | 2008-10-30 |
20080270191 | MEDICAL DATA STORAGE METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method and system for medical data storage is disclosed. The method and system include receiving patient identifying data, validating patient identifying data, loading a patient record, displaying symptom query interface, receiving patient data as to symptoms, displaying updated symptom interface and storing data about patients. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270192 | Financial Products - A method and apparatus for providing a financial product from a first party to a second party, wherein a processing system ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080270193 | Transfer of risk of repair costs with renewal rights - Methods of transferring risk of costs for repairs, methods of providing funding for repair costs, and articles for transferring risk of repair costs. Articles may be service contracts, and the methods and articles may apply to one or more apparatuses, which may be motor vehicles, for instance. The methods and articles may include a right for the purchaser to renew a contract for one or more periods of time, or may include a provision to convert any unearned payment into extended funding for repair services in the event that anticipated payments are not made. A customer may pay for an initial term, after which the customer may renew for second or subsequent periods of time at the customer's option. A motor vehicle service contract may terminate after a delineated number of miles is reached, and an auto-renewal status may be reached after a particular number of payments are made. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270194 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GUARANTEEING INCOME BASED IN PART ON AN INVESTMENT ACCOUNT - Systems and methods for correlating guaranteeing income payments based in part on the cash value of a third-party investment asset, for a specified term or for life are disclosed. A preferred embodiment allows the covered person to realize guaranteed income regardless of any decrease in the cash value of the investment asset. Some embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed herein also increase the income payments when correlated against the appreciated cash value of the investment asset. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270195 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FINANCING WELFARE BENEFITS TRUST - A sophisticated benefits financing and life insurance strategy that provides life insurance benefits for members with no cost to members, provides for funding of the strategy, and potentially building excess funds after payment of benefits and repayment of debt for the benefit of current and future members. A welfare benefits trust is first established by a respective legal entity. A funding amount is then received, the amount of which is calculated based on stochastic actuarial models and modern financial theory to provide purchasing of life insurance and/or other benefits for respective members of the welfare benefits plan, of extension risk coverage, and the development of cash value attributable to each of the plan members as is actuarially determined to be appropriate. Upon the death of a plan member, the welfare benefits trust arranges for payment of the member benefit and repays the funding amount attributable to the deceased member, together with accrued interest. The welfare benefits trust retains the excess proceeds. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270196 | Transforming A Usecase Scenario To Its Process Model - A method and system are provided for generating a process model from a usecase description model. A model class diagram is defined for formalizing and expressing the usecase description model. From the formalized and expressed usecase description model, an algorithm is defined and invoked to convert the usecase description model to a process model. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270197 | PROJECT STATUS CALCULATION ALGORITHM - Disclosed are a method and system for assessing the status of a project that remove subjectivity from the status reporting by implementing an algorithm to calculate red, yellow, green status of each of a multitude of keys and the overall project. The assessment uses a series of questions based on risk management, project management, system engineering, architecture, and testing disciplines to probe projects and solicit objective responses with scores and a conversion of the score into a red, yellow, green status. The advantage to this solution is that a consistent standard is provided, eliminating the accidental or purposeful exclusion of key details in status reporting that frequently result in a more optimistic status than what reality should reflect. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270198 | Systems and Methods for Providing Remediation Recommendations - In one embodiment, a system and method pertain to receiving audit exceptions indicative of instances of noncompliance of an information system under evaluation relative to a policy or standard, identifying remediation recommendations that are relevant to the audit exceptions and that indicate how to correct conditions that caused the noncompliance, and providing the remediation recommendations to an entity responsible for correcting the conditions so as to provide information as to how the information system can be brought into compliance with the policy or standard. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270199 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGEMENT OF HETEROGENEOUS WORKLOADS - Systems and methods for managing a system of heterogeneous workloads are provided. Work that enters the system is separated into a plurality of heterogeneous workloads. A plurality of high-level quality of service goals is gathered. At least one of the plurality of high-level quality of service goals corresponds to each of the plurality of heterogeneous workloads. A plurality of control functions are determined that are provided by virtualizations on one or more containers in which one or more of the plurality of heterogeneous workloads run. An expected utility of a plurality of settings of at least one of the plurality of control functions is determined in response to the plurality of high-level quality of service goals. At least one of the plurality of control functions is exercised in response to the expected utility to effect changes in the behavior of the system. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270200 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PANDEMIC PLANNING - A method for pandemic planning includes conducting a preparation stage comprising identifying and inventorying core requirements of an entity's operation; conducting a planning stage including developing action plans to implement the identified core requirements; conducting a practice stage including simulating the action plans; and conducting a performance stage including executing the plans. Each stage considers four focus areas: a people focus area, a policy focus area, a process focus area, and a politics focus area. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270201 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODELING SERVICES IN A SERVICE-ORIENTED BUSINESS - A method of modeling a service-oriented business including identifying a business service to provide, creating its business specification which specifies business requirements for the provided service, the business specification of a service, and service management terms, storing the business specification for the provided service in a service catalog, creating and reviewing its business process model, the business process model providing a sequence of business tasks in the business process, analyzing each of the business tasks to determine which of the business tasks should be accomplished via required service, process modeling each of the business tasks that are not service tasks, storing a process model for each of the business tasks that are not service tasks in a operation model repository, creating a business specification for each required service and storing the business specification for each of the required services in a repository of business specifications of required services. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270202 | METHODS OF LIFE CYCLE OPTIMIZATION FOR SOLUTIONS INCLUDING TOOLING - This invention relates generally to a method and system for calculating product lifecycle costs, and more particularly, to automatically predicting the timing and costs of future service, maintenance and replacement events of products or a system in an optimized manner. The system and method obtain information about products in the network, store the information on a database, and calculate predicted costs for maintaining an upgrading the system over a determined lifecycle. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270203 | Assessment of Risk to Domain Names, Brand Names and the Like - Assessment of risk to a specified name that represents at least one of a brand name, a domain name, a trademark, a service mark or a business entity name, includes acquiring data relating to the specified name, and quantifying risks to the specified name in the event a third-party has obtained, or were to obtain, a registration to the same name or a variant of the name. Risk scores are associated with the potential and actual registrations. An interactive display showing the risk scores is provided. Monitoring domain names and parsing domain names also are disclosed. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270204 | Method and Arrangement for Arranging Practical Aspects of a Demand Responsive Transport System - Records are produced describing how a passenger uses a transport system in relation to other passengers. A transport server ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080270205 | PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHOD THEREOF - A framework for managing a lifecycle of a program in an organization is provided. The framework includes a process module, a guiding module, a program lifecycle mapping module, and a matrix module. The process module provides a plurality of process guidelines for the one or more stages of the project management lifecycle. Further, the process module includes a strategic planning module, a financial management module, a risk management module, an organization change management module, a stake holder management module, a knowledge management module, a contractual compliance module, a governance module and a program setup module. The guiding module integrates a plurality of organizational attributes with the process guidelines of the process module. The program lifecycle mapping module maps the plurality of process guidelines with the one or more stages of the life cycle. The matrix module provides assignment of program management roles to one or more participants. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270206 | Method for detecting suspicious transactions - A method is described for detecting suspicious financial transactions, especially those as identified by the federal Bank Security Act. An automated means of processing financial data to identify suspicious transactions is described as well as a means to assign and manage a manual review of transactions to employees through an automated method, and to enable distribution of review information through and automated technique. The present invention also provides a method to monitor and enforce employee compliance with federal anti-money laundering laws and organization policy. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method to automatically monitor financial transactions with a collection of specified criteria and send immediate real-time feedback and disabling (lockout) information to terminals where such transactions originate. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270207 | Compliance Monitoring - A system and method for determining compliance for one or more information technology services may generate on the spot compliance reports based on real-time data. Compliance data may be retrieved or received from a variety of sources including incident diagnostic utilities, manual data entry and third-party software or applications. A compliance system and method may monitor the data being generated from each of the various sources in a real-time fashion, generating compliance information based thereon. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270208 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF MULTIPLE AGENCY RESOURCES - A system and method for managing data pertaining to a plurality of organizations and a plurality of facilities, the method comprising obtaining facility identifying information from the plurality of facilities and creating a facility identity record, obtaining population information from the plurality of facilities and creating a population record, obtaining event identifying information from the plurality of facilities and creating an event record, and associating the facility identity record, the population record, and the event record with one or more of the plurality of organizations. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270209 | MERCHANT SCORING SYSTEM AND TRANSACTIONAL DATABASE - A merchant scoring system predicts and reports the likelihood that a merchant is reliable (e.g., trustworthy, honest, and reputable), which is expected to translate into a positive consumer experience. The system collects data from a variety of data sources, including combinations of the merchant, third-parties, and/or customers who have transacted with the merchant. A scoring model is executed on this collected data to determine an independent and objective merchant reliability metric that predicts the expected reliability of a merchant within a range. The system may also track transactions of individual merchants, populating a transaction history database with information about each merchant for use in this collection and scoring process. The transaction history data and other data may also be accessible to a prospective customer to build his or her confidence in and understanding of the merchant reliability metric and his or her trust of the merchant. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270210 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING A REQUIREMENTS PROCESS AND PROJECT RISK-REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGY - A system, method and computer program product for requirements management. Particularly, a requirements management scheme performs at least the following functions: 1) it guides a team through the requirements process and provides a structure for collecting “requests”. By using the scheme, team members are prompted to think about and record relevant information that will help clarify and complete requests; and, 2) the scheme allows users to use the attributes throughout the development process to identify risk and make improvements to their process. Many of these attributes can be refined during the development phase or even later. Besides helping team members achieve continuous improvement in their requirements process by providing a set of data and metrics for collection and assessment, the scheme enables an organization to effectively manage their requirements as well as manage changes to those requirements. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270211 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODIFYING A MEETING ATTENDEE LIST OF AN EMAIL CALENDAR APPLICATION - A method for updating a list of attendees for a meeting scheduled by a meeting organizer through a user interface of an electronic calendar presented on a display of a system, the system being coupled to respective attendee systems of attendees of the meeting over a network, the method comprising: distributing the list of attendees to the attendee systems; receiving a signal indicating whether a request message from an attendee system is required to request permission for the attendee system to at least one of add and remove one or more selected attendees from the list of attendees; if the request message is required: receiving the request message from the attendee system; presenting the request message to the meeting organizer on the display with a choice of responses for responding to the request message; and, receiving a signal selecting a response from the choice of responses; wherein the choice of responses has an accept response which, when selected, causes the list of attendees to be updated in accordance with the request message to produce an updated list of attendees. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270212 | METHOD, APPARATUS OR SOFTWARE FOR MANAGING A DATA PROCESSING PROCESS - A method, apparatus and software is disclosed for managing a data processing process in the form of a workflow, where activities in the workflow can use services or sub-processes to complete their task. A policy is associated with such activities to indicate how the data processing process should manage the situation where an activity's performance is not acceptable. This includes a policy for replacing or substituting the service or sub-process. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270213 | Process risk estimation indication - An automatic process outputs a activity failure indicator indicating the likelihood of project failure, a delay indicator indicating the likelihood of project delay, a human resource shortage indicator indicating the likelihood of a lack of human resources and an infrastructure shortage indicator indicating the likelihood of a shortage of infrastructure resources. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270214 | System and Process for Managing the Preparation of a Bid Document in Response to a Tender - A system for managing the preparation of a bid document in response to a tender receives clauses selected from a tender document and categorises each clause into one of a plurality of clause categories. An author association component of the system associates each clause categorised as a response requirement with a response author. A messaging component sends a response template including at least one response requirement to an associated response author, and receives the completed response template from the response author. A bid document generator generates a bid document on the basis of the response text received from response authors. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270215 | Data processing system and method - A job assignment is received into a portable device. A job site associated with the job assignment is diagrammed using the portable device. Job site readings are also entered into the portable device. The portable device then displays an indication of at least one piece of equipment needed at the job site and communicates the job site diagram and job site readings to a database. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270216 | System and method for standards and governance evaluation framework - A system includes a standards inventory database to store at least one control model, the at least one control model including at least one control objective and one or more controls, wherein each of the one or more controls is related to at least one asset of an organization, a tests datastore to store one or more control tests to be applied to the at least one asset of the organization, each of the one or more controls being associated with at least one of the one or more control tests, and a server including a testing tool to evaluate each of the one or more controls using the at least one of the one or more control tests associated with each of the one or more controls and to assign a status to the one or more control tests, and a metrics engine to track performance metrics of each of the one or more controls based on the status of the one or more control tests to provide trends in compliance with the one or more controls. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270217 | PARKING FEE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A comprehensive, integrated system for management of fee for parking businesses, including payment collection and processing for these business, as well as other businesses to which such a system may be applicable. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270218 | System and Method for Obtaining Pertinent Real-Time Survey Evidence - A system for conducting a survey to obtain real-time survey evidence. It has a host server ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080270219 | System and method for conducting surveys and providing alert and related services - Preferred embodiments of the present invention are directed to electronic methods and a systems for providing a simple, reliable and secure means for conducting surveys of movie patrons interested in unreleased movies and alerting the patrons when these movies are about to be released. Embodiments of the invention include enrollment, survey and alerting systems and methods using a variety of means and identifying data such as patron fingerprints, ID cards, bar codes and bar code readers. In preferred embodiments, the enrollment step includes having a patron transmit personal information to a central server which stores information on patron preferences. Exemplary embodiments of the survey step include requesting that the enrolled patron input to the server the patron's identifying data and select at least one of the unreleased movie. The alerting step includes notifying the patron of the movie release based on information gathered during the survey process. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270220 | EMBEDDING A NONSPONSORED MOBILE CONTENT WITHIN A SPONSORED MOBILE CONTENT - In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for associating a non-sponsored content with a sponsored content based at least in part on a relevancy to a mobile subscriber characteristic associated with a mobile communication facility and presenting the non-sponsored and sponsored content combination to the mobile communication facility as a single content. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270221 | DETERMINING AND PRESENTING PRODUCT MARKET PRICES - A system includes an electronic device coupled over a network to first and second computing devices. The electronic device is configured to serve to the first computing device a first web page displayable on a display device. The displayed first web page includes a user interface operable to solicit from an individual of a plurality of individuals a current prediction of a plurality of current predictions of market prices of a product. The electronic device is further configured to determine an accuracy rating for each individual of the plurality based on a correlation between previous predictions provided by each said individual and actual market prices of the product. The electronic device is further configured to assign to the product a price estimate associated with a first predetermined time interval, the price estimate being a function of the accuracy ratings and current predictions. The electronic device is further configured to determine a current sale price based on the assigned price estimate. The electronic device is further configured to effect, via a second web page, a sale transaction of the product at the current sale price. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270222 | System for concurrent optimization of business economics and customer value - A computer-implemented system and method for an airline to enhance customers' experience. A computer-implemented service is operated that delivers to a customer an option to fly on up to n of m selected flights, where m and n are whole numbers and n2008-10-30 | |
20080270223 | System and Method for Creating and Providing a User Interface for Displaying Advertiser Defined Groups of Advertisement Campaign Information - Systems and Methods for creating and providing a user interface for displaying advertiser defined groups of advertisement campaign information is disclosed. In one implementation, a quality score associated with an ad group is calculated based at least in part on a historical performance of the ad group. Ad campaign information associated with the ad group is then sent to a user interface for display on the user interface, the advertisement campaign information comprising a graphical representation of the calculated quality score. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270224 | Location-based services system - A system and method for tracking purchases in a location-based services system is disclosed wherein a request for information on a particular product is received from a consumer using a remote terminal. A geographically tailored response to the request is then generated with the location-based services system. At least one offer is then displayed to the consumer based on the geographically tailored response. An acceptance of a respective offer made by the consumer is then processed by the location-based services system and information is stored about the transaction in a usage data file or database. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270225 | Apparatus and Methods for Determining Availability and Performance of Entities Providing Services in a Distributed System Using Filtered Service Consumer Feedback - The invention concerns apparatus and methods that determine availability and performance of entities providing services in a distributed system using filtered service-consumer feedback. In particular, apparatus and methods of the invention filter service-consumer feedback in order to reduce the effect of circumstances unique to individual service consumers or to groups of service consumers that do not accurately reflect the actual availability or performance of service-providing entities. In this way an accurate appraisal is gained regarding the performance and availability of a service-providing entity. Reactive methods of the invention can be combined with proactive methods such as, for example, active status probing, to further improve the accuracy of data concerning the status and availability of service-providing entities. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270226 | ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION AND RENTAL VEHICLES - A method of calculating a usage fee for the use of electronic toll collection in a rental vehicle includes collecting customer information concerning customer's renting of one or more rental vehicles, collecting toll use information concerning the use of electronic toll collection at a tollgate, calculating a usage fee based upon the customer information and the toll use information, and displaying the usage fee. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270227 | System for Checking the Payment of Vehicle Parking Charges - A system for checking the payment of vehicle parking charges comprises, on the one hand, a vehicle-portable parking meter device ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080270228 | SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING ADVERTISEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH SEARCH RESULTS - A system and method are disclosed for displaying information associated with a search result. The information may be an advertisement that is displayed when an associated search result is displayed as a result of a search query. For example, an advertiser may identify at least one search result to be associated with its advertisement, such that the advertisement is displayed on a search result page when the identified search result is one of the search results on the page. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270229 | Behavioral Advertisement Targeting And Creation Of Ad-Hoc Microcommunities Through User Authentication - Implementations of behavioral advertisement targeting and creation of ad-hoc microcommunities through user authentication are described. In one implementation, a user is allowed to submit authentication information on a webpage associated with a third party website. For example, a user can identify himself by entering a username and password to an email account unaffiliated with the third party website. The authentication information can then be used to access a personal account associated with the user. For example, behavioral data associated with the user can be gathered from the personal account and be used to present advertisements on the webpage targeting a specific behavioral profile of the user. Alternately, the user can be presented with options to interact with information in the personal account. For example, the user may be given the opportunity to invite members of a contacts list in the personal account to visit the webpage. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270230 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING CUSTOMER WAIT TIME, CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND MARKETING EFFICIENCY IN THE RESTAURANT, RETAIL, TRAVEL, AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRIES - A system and method including an Internet preordering system accessible online or onsite at a free-standing kiosk located in or near client properties in which customers may create profiles for the requested services and provide such information to the service provider in advance of the customer's arrival for the requested services. When the customer arrives, the customer identifies himself/herself and the preorder is accessed, verified and/or modified. The preorder is then forwarded to the service provider and the delivery of the service is optimally timed to the readiness of the customer. The customer's profile and preorder information are maintained in a database and used for in-house precision marketing campaigns and cross-promotional opportunities. For example, in a restaurant embodiment, a registered customer is given access to menus and may create menu preferences for a participating restaurant. The registered customer may also make a reservation at a participating restaurant for a party of any size in advance (for example, up to 24 hours) of the reservation time. The food and/or drink preorder for each guest in the party may be completed in advance and maintained on the server, with the reservation time, for access when the party arrives at the designated reservation time. After a verification process, the customer may retrieve the party's preorder, make any desired changes, and then verify the preorder at the kiosk. Once the preorder is verified, the customer may finalize the preorder and proceed to the hostess kiosk where the preorder is accessed by the restaurant staff. Either when the party is seated or at an appropriate time prior to seating (based on a comparison of the seating wait queue to the kitchen wait queue), the preorder is forwarded for preparation so that the ordered food and/or drink arrives shortly after the customer's party is seated. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270231 | Methods And Systems For Tracking Customer Response To A Coupon - Methods, systems and computer readable medium storing computer executable programs for tracking customer response to a coupon are disclosed. A coupon is issued. A first determination is made regarding whether the coupon has been selected for viewing by a customer. A first state is assigned to the coupon based on the first determination. A second determination is made regarding whether the coupon has been redeemed by the customer. A second state is assigned to the coupon based on the second determination. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270232 | Method and system for conveying a message - Embodiments of the present invention recite a method and system for conveying a message. In one embodiment in accordance with the present invention, access to an intermodal shipping container is obtained. A message to be conveyed upon the intermodal shipping container is then obtained. The intermodal shipping container is then used to convey the message. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270233 | Tracking offline user activity and computing rate information for offline publishers - Architecture that leverages enabling technologies for tracking offline activity of a user, and rating performance of offline/online publishers of content and/or advertisements. Knowledge about user offline interests can be accumulated and used to target the user with smart advertisements when offline or online. Moreover, the performance of publishers of the offline content computed by merchants who contract with publishers to provide the best exposure. In support thereof, rate information in the form of response rate and conversion rate can be computed and analyzed for each offline publisher. A publisher referral ID for a publisher is inserted into detectable indicia associated with offline media such as print media, audio media, video media, etc. When a user interacts with the offline content using a cell phone, the captured information is forwarded to an online advertisement component framework for responding to the user interaction (e.g., a purchase transaction or request for further information). | 2008-10-30 |
20080270234 | Rewarding influencers - Embodiments include a system, a device an apparatus, a method, and a computer program product. An embodiment provides an influence evaluation method. The method includes receiving data indicative of a person accessing at least one of a first network-available electronic content having a first-electronic-content portion or a second network-available electronic content having a second-electronic-content portion. The method also includes receiving data indicative of an involvement between the person and a third party. The method further includes facilitating delivered of a benefit to an owner of the first-electronic content or an owner of the second electronic content in response to an assessed influence bad the first-electronic-content portion and/or the second-electronic-content portion on the involvement between the person and the third-party. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270235 | SYSTEM AND ITS METHOD FOR PROVIDING REAL TIME ADVERTISEMENTS BASED ON LOCATION UNDER NAVIGATION'S OPERATION - A system for providing advertisements receives a location-based advertisement from an advertiser, transmits the advertisement to at least one navigation terminal in a wire or wireless network environment, and in the case that a user's location on a map is in an advertisement area registered by the advertiser, informs the user of the advertisement corresponding to the advertisement area in real time. The system includes an advertisement providing server for receiving application of an advertisement from the advertiser, storing the advertisement therein and transmitting the advertisement to at least one navigation terminal; and a navigation terminal for receiving the advertisement from the advertisement providing server, storing the advertisement therein, comparing a user's current location displayed on a map screen with an advertisement area, and in the case that the user's location is in the advertisement area, informing the user of the corresponding advertisement. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270236 | Systems and methods for digital content promotion - Exemplary systems and methods are provided for digital content promotion. Such methods may include storing an item of digital content received from a rightsholder, receiving data from the rightsholder about the item of digital content, and offering the item of digital content to a second party, such as a blogger or podcaster. A request is received from the second party for the item of digital content and the item of digital content is provided to the second party. Further methods may include reporting to the rightsholder the request received from the second party and the providing of the item of digital content to the second party. Additionally, a purchase link may be provided to the second party for purchase of a related item of digital content. Exemplary systems may include a digital content storage component configured to store an item of digital content received from a rightsholder, a rightsholder data component configured to receive data from the rightsholder about the item of digital content, and a presentation engine which is configured to offer the item of digital content to a second party. A transmission module coupled to the presentation engine receives a request from the second party for the item of digital content and provides the item of digital content to the second party. Further systems may include a reporting module configured to report to the rightsholder the request received from the second party. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270237 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING INTERNET TRAFFIC AND CONTROLLING SEARCH RESPONSES - A system, method and program product for modifying data packets being communicated between a client and a Web application to enhance the Web experience of a user. A system is disclosed for enhancing searches being performed by a search engine application, and monitoring data packets passing through a network node to identify a data packet containing an original search query; modifying the data packet containing the original search query to create a modified search query; and forwarding the modified search query to the search engine application in place of the original search query. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270238 | Measuring a location based advertising campaign - A method of measuring a location based advertising campaign is disclosed. The location based advertising campaign is determined to have a direct response component. A response address associated with the direct response component is received. The location based advertising campaign with the direct response component is distributed to a location based advertising network. The location based advertising campaign is measured based on the response address's action statistics. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270239 | METHOD FOR AN ENTERPRISE HEALTH CARE INCENTIVE PROGRAM - A method for an enterprise healthcare incentive program may include providing a training facility or health club having one or more exercise facilities and that may issue to a enterprise entity one or more memberships that permit use of the club's facilities. The enterprise entity may then distribute the memberships to one or more of its employees. The enterprise entity may also establish minimum standards for use of the membership by its agents. The club may then record use of the membership and club facilities by the agent over one or more predetermined time periods and then provide a report documenting such use to the enterprise entity. Where an agent has used the club facilities, and met or exceed the minimum standards set by the enterprise entity, the agent may be rewarded with a monetary or non-monetary benefit. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270240 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MANAGING TASKS ASSIGNED TO AN INDIVIDUAL - In embodiments of the present invention, a method for managing tasks comprises assigning a task to an individual, associating the task with a points value, receiving an indication that a task is completed, grading the completed task, and awarding points for a completed task to an individual. In other embodiments of the present invention, a method of rewarding individuals for completing assigned tasks may comprise providing a collecting, matching, and trading game facility, wherein the facility provides collectables and collectable packs for collecting, matching, and trading as a reward for having reached a level of task completion; and allowing the individual access to the collecting, matching, and trading game facility, wherein access is based on at least one of permission, a task completed, a number of tasks completed, and a value associated with task completion. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270241 | System And Method For Efficient Allocation Of Rebates - A method for efficient allocation of rebates comprising the steps of: providing a server system capable of electronic communication with a user in control of a client system; enabling the user to selectively apportion a rebate in any proportion among those on the list consisting of the user, charities on a pre-established charity list, and other charities; and initiating a funds disbursement in accordance with the apportionment. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270242 | Method and arrangement for providing content to multimedia devices - Arrangement and method for providing content to multimedia devices, in particular mobile multimedia devices, wherein a content portal provides content to the devices in a form requiring a rights object to enable use thereof, a rights object portal provides rights objects to the devices and advertisements which are associated with the rights objects are also provided. Upon receipt of the rights object with an associated advertisement, the user is exposed to the advertisement in conjunction with use of the content. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270243 | DISCOUNT AND/OR LOYALTY REWARD SYSTEM AND RETAIL APPARATUS THEREFOR - Discount and/or loyalty reward system is arranged to provided discounts to users on the basis of user ids communicated from a user agent to a point of sale terminal. The point of sale terminal requests a list of discounts applicable to the received user id from a discount administration system. The discounts in the returned list are then applied where appropriate to the user's purchases. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270244 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM TO PRESENT FOOD AND BEVEREGE MENU BY DIGITAL PORTABLE TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed are a method, system and program to present a food and beverage menu by digital portable touch screen display device with applicable hardware and software. The present invention can be used by patrons of restaurants, hotels, clubs, bars, and other establishments whereby customers are presented with food and beverage menu options. The present invention further discloses a digital handheld touch screen display, which is light and thin, with dimensions around one (1) inch in depth, six (6) to twelve (12) inches in width and six (6) to seventeen (17) inches in length, depending on the demands and application. The device also has a cover. With specific designed software, the device will afford patrons the opportunity to view the selections of the given establishment through text, images and videos and additional information that can be accessed by using specific pen or finger on handheld. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270245 | System For Processing Stored Value Instrument - Disclosed is a method for managing at least one transaction through traditional credit card authorization payment infrastructures by supplying personal account numbers to retailers. Personal account numbers correspond to issuer managed accounts that may be assigned at point of sale, and activated at redemption, and may restrict which merchants can process the personal account number to extract value therefrom. Also disclosed is an apparatus for distribution in retail and redemption at selected redemption sites. The apparatus is a card that includes machine readable code and account information where at least some of data corresponding to the machine readable code differs from the account information. The card may configured to retain a personal account number or other account information compatible with selected redemption site interfaces. Redemption can be limited to selected retailers or groups of retailers. | 2008-10-30 |
20080270246 | Global electronic payment system - A global payment system supports real time payments by a first party to a second party via an electronic interface using any of a plurality of input devices. First party identifying information and information relating to the requested transaction desired by the first party is entered into the system via the selected input device for accessing the payment system. The information is verified and the funds are transferred to a dedicated account for a second party per the instructions received from the first party. The global payment system is a financial transaction system permitting the identified first party to use any of a variety of payment options to complete the transaction without requiring the second party to pre-approve the method of payment. The system is compatible with known ATM/POS debit/credit card formats or other electronic input terminal devices, including either a second party controlled device, or a first party controlled device. This can be but is not limited to a merchant or other service provider controlled device at a retail establishment, or on-line while the user is logged onto a web site from a commercially based computer or from the convenience of his personal computer, or other devices such as a PDA or a cell phone. The information can be swiped by a card reader, or manually entered via a keyboard or other input device such as, by way of example, a cell phone or personal digital assistant (PDA). This flexibility permits a consumer and merchant to complete a transaction in real time anywhere in the world without regard to the consumer's source of funds or the merchant's typical method of payment acceptance. | 2008-10-30 |