47th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 58 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130311138 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING INSTALLATIONS OF DEVICES - Methods and systems for use in troubleshooting installations of electronic devices are provided. In one example system for use in troubleshooting a plurality of intelligent electronic devices (IEDs), the system includes a computing device communicatively interfaced with a plurality of IEDs. The computing device includes a first communication interface to receive data from at least one IED and a processor coupled to the first communication interface. The processor is programmed to receive data from the at least one IED via the first communication interface and determine, based at least in part on the received data from the at least one IED, whether or not the plurality of IEDs is functioning properly. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311139 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND DIAGNOSING A COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT - A system and method in a combined cycle power plant includes a processor modeling plant level performance by considering the interrelation between outputs of the gas turbine and the steam turbine. The model can be computational, predictive, or both. The model may be used to control subsystems of the plant (including the gas turbine and the steam turbine) to achieve a target plant performance. The model may also be used to diagnose or maintain subsystems of the combined cycle power plant. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311140 | WIRELESS NETWORK OF ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR UNITS - Environmental monitoring systems that include base stations and environmental sensor units (ESUs) that communicate in a wireless sensor network. A base station may include environmental sensors and may communicate with a remote server using a wide-area wireless network. The base station may also communicate with an environmental sensor unit using a wireless personal area network. The ESU may include environmental sensors and may communicate with the remote server via the base station. The base station and ESU may be adapted to automatically pair with one another to enable the ESU to communicate via the base station. An ESU may also be adapted to process data regarding environmental conditions by automatically determining a type of environmental sensor from which the data was received and processing the data based on the type. An ESU may also include physical ports by which new sensors can be connected to the ESU. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311141 | SIGNAL DENOISING METHODS FOR A CHARGE DETECTION FREQUENCY-SCAN/VOLTAGE-SCAN QUADRUPOLE/LINEAR/RECTILINEAR ION TRAP MASS SPECTROMETER - A signal denoising method for a frequency-scan ion trap mass spectrometer includes reading a signal raw data array observed in the spectrometer. The signal raw data array is processed by Boxcar averaging method to obtain a first signal array. Then the first signal array is processed by a harmonic interference cancellation method to obtain a second data array. Next the second signal array is processed by a radio frequency interference reduction method and a third signal array without the background induced from driving voltage of ion trap is reconstructed according to the second signal array. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311142 | RANDOM COINCIDENCE REDUCTION IN POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY USING TANGENTIAL TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASK - A method and apparatus for reducing random events in positron emission tomography (PET) list mode data, the method including the steps of obtaining, for a PET scanner having a given reconstruction field of view (FOV), time-of-flight (TOF) prompt list-mode count data that includes TOF information, the TOF prompt list-mode count data including a plurality of entries; and filtering the obtained prompt list-mode count data by removing those entries in the obtained prompt list-mode count data that represent emission points lying outside a tangential TOF mask to obtain filtered list-mode count data. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311143 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A LIGHTING PLAN - A system and method for enabling users to generate a lighting plan is disclosed. A particular embodiment includes obtaining map data from a mapping source, the map data enabling generation of a map at a location of interest; obtaining lamp data, the lamp data including lamp specification data including parameters corresponding to attributes of lamps of a plurality of lamps; using a data processor to provide a user interface with which a user can perform a graphical drag-and-drop operation to select a first lamp from among the plurality of lamps and position the first lamp in a position on the map; and generating a lighting plan based on the attributes and position of the first lamp. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311144 | System And Method For Design Of Subsurface Drainage Systems Incorporating Control Weirs, Surface To Subsurface Inlets, And Irrigation Inlets - A method for the creation of subsurface water management systems that place subsurface drainage lines at a consistent grade and within defined elevation bounds throughout a field with topographical undulation and inconsistent slopes, incorporate control weirs for dividing the subsurface into elevation and acreage zones, place and size surface to subsurface, size and determine inside surface of drainage mains and laterals according to the desired coefficient of the subsurface system, and determine the amount of water required at irrigation inlets in order to deliver a determined amount of water into the subsurface system for purposes of irrigation. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311145 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED LAND PLANNING SYSTEM AND METHOD DESIGNED TO GENERATE AT LEAST ONE CONCEPTUAL FIT SOLUTION TO A USER-DEFINED LAND DEVELOPMENT PROBLEM - A computer-implemented land planning system is designed to generate at least one conceptual fit solution to a user-defined land development problem. The system electronically creates at least one candidate solution to the land development problem. The candidate solution incorporates a number of engineering measurements applicable in development of an undeveloped land site. A fitness function quantitatively evaluates the candidate solution based on its fitness. A heuristic problem-solving strategy manipulates the engineering measurements of the candidate solution to achieve a more quantitatively fit solution to the land development problem. A computer output device outputs to a user documentation illustrating the fit solution to the land development problem. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311146 | DESIGN AND AUTHORIZATION SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS CONTROL - A system for designing, configuring, and reconfiguring operational relationships between one or more wireless control modifies within a controlled environment that are linked to pieces of utilization equipment or to an alternate electrical source, and one or more wireless control devices within a controlled environment. The system comprises application software and a database which interfaces with computer-aided design (CAD) software and with energy management systems. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311147 | DRILLING OPTIMIZATION - In accordance with aspects of the present invention, a method well design is presented. The method of well design can include identifying a plurality of task workflows related to a well design; identifying links between individual tasks in the plurality of task workflows; and performing tasks in the plurality of task workflows in order to optimize the well design according to optimization criteria. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311148 | CONSUMED POWER ESTIMATION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONSUMED POWER ESTIMATION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A performance value DB stores multiple states of parts comprising a system, and the consumed power of parts in those states. In addition, a condition DB stores conditions when the states of the parts change. A calculator generates state sequences in which the states are arrayed in the order of change in accordance with conditions stored in the condition DB, when information indicating the states of the parts is not communicated. The calculator computes the percentage of the time the parts are in each state per unit time for each state comprising this state sequence. Furthermore, the calculator finds the products of the computed ratios and the consumed power stored in the performance value DB for each state comprising the state sequence, and estimates the sum of the products found as the consumed power of the part. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311149 | Tomographically Enhanced Full Wavefield Inversion - Method for improving convergence in gradient-based iterative inversion of seismic data ( | 2013-11-21 |
20130311150 | RECORDING MEDIUM, ACCOMMODATION DESIGN DEVICE, AND ACCOMMODATION DESIGN METHOD - A CPU collects count information of NW-side/CL-side communication cards when IFCs with plural types that store NW-side/CL-side communication cards to be designed are accommodated in two or more shelves. The CPU further collects card information of the number of slots used by IFCs, shelf information of the maximum number of slots that can be accommodated by IFCs in the shelf, and correspondence information of correspondence relationship when between-shelf-intercommunication between different NW-side communication cards is performed. The CPU further collects communication limit capacity to be used for intercommunication between the shelves. The CPU generates an integer planning model for assigning IFCs to be designed into two or more minimum shelves on the basis of card information, count information, shelf information, correspondence information, and communication limit capacity. The CPU executes the integer planning model and outputs a design solution for accommodation design for assigning IFCs into the minimum shelves. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311151 | EARTH MODEL ESTIMATION THROUGH AN ACOUSTIC FULL WAVEFORM INVERSION OF SEISMIC DATA - An improved method of estimating an earth model utilizes an acoustic Full Waveform Inversion (FWI) of seismic data in a pseudo-time coordinate system, in which the earth model m({tilde over (m)}) is parameterized with two lateral coordinates (x,y) and a vertical coordinate ({tilde over (z)}) which expresses vertical travel time of acoustic signals used to generate the seismic data. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311152 | GENERATING BEHAVIORAL MODELS FOR ANALOG CIRCUITS - A system for generating behavioral models for analog circuits may include a database that is configured to store a parameterized hardware description language model of an analog circuit and an analog circuit simulator template of the analog circuit. The system may also include an interface module configured to receive data for an instance of the analog circuit in a schematic format. The system may also include an analog circuit simulator configured to use the received data and the analog circuit simulator template to generate a value for a parameter of the parameterized hardware description language model of the analog circuit. The system may also include a model constructor configured to generate a behavioral hardware description language model of the instance of the analog circuit based on the parameterized hardware description language model of the analog circuit and the generated value. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311153 | VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT AND METHOD FOR SORTING AMONG POTENTIAL ROUTE PLANS FOR OPERATING AUTONOMOUS MACHINE AT WORK SITE - A method for sorting among a plurality of potential route plans for operating an autonomous ground based machine includes a step of creating a virtual model of a terrain of a work site. A first virtual lane having at least one measurable lane constraint is created within the virtual model. A first virtual machine footprint is created and has a first virtual movement profile corresponding to an actual autonomous movement profile of the autonomous machine. The first virtual machine footprint is moved from a starting position along the first virtual lane to an ending position according to the first virtual movement profile. During the moving step, the first virtual machine footprint is compared to the at least one measurable lane constraint. The first proposed route plan is then designated as either viable or unacceptable based on the comparison. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311154 | OPERATION SIMULATION SYSTEM OF ROBOT SYSTEM - An operation simulation system of a robot system for simulating operation of a robot system having a robot on a computer, including a setting unit setting a movement point moving together with a moving member, linked with the moving member which is included in the robot system and moves in accordance with a predetermined program; a data acquisition unit acquiring time series position data of the movement point when operating the robot system in accordance with the program on the computer; an image generation unit generating an image of the robot system operating in accordance with the program on the computer and generating an image of a movement path of the movement point based on the time series position data acquired by the data acquisition unit; and a display unit displaying the robot system image and the movement path image generated by the image generation unit. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311155 | SIMULATION METHOD FOR HIGH POLYMER MATERIAL - A computerized simulation method for evaluating the dispersion of fillers in a high polymer material is disclosed. The method comprises: a simulation step in which, using filler models and polymer models placed in a predetermined virtual space, a molecular dynamics calculation is performed; and an evaluation step in which, from results of the simulation step, the dispersion of the filler models is evaluated. The evaluation step includes a step of computing a mean-square displacement of most influential particles for which a cutoff distance largest in the filler particle is defined. Thereby, the dispersion can be evaluated certainly at short times. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311156 | ROTATING BLADE ANALYSIS - Methods are provided for: (i) measuring the position of the blade stagger angle axis for one or more blades of a row of blades attached to a rotor, (ii) measuring the blade tip stagger angle for one or more such blades, and (iii) measuring the blade tip axial displacement for one or more such blades. The methods use forward and rearward blade tip timing datasets for successive rotations of the blades from two axially spaced blade tip timing probes. The forward probe is forward of the rearward probe along the axial direction of the rotor. The blade tip timing datasets allow the times of arrival of the blades at the respective probes to be measured. The methods also use a once per revolution dataset for the successive rotations of the blades. The once per revolution dataset allows the angular velocity of the blades to be measured. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311157 | Calculating Liquid Levels in Arbitrarily Shaped Containment Vessels Using Solid Modeling - Systems and method for simulating liquid containment behavior. The system comprises a solid modeler and a nonlinear equation solver. The nonlinear equation solver takes as input the solid model representation of the containment vessel from the solid modeler, a desired orientation in space, dynamic conditions (e.g., lateral acceleration) and an amount of liquid. To find the level of liquid in the vessel, the system solver iteratively performs successive Boolean subtractions using an infinite horizontal half-space that represents the liquid level of the vessel. The resulting sliced solid model is used to compute the volume of the liquid at that level. The iterative system solver terminates when the computed volume of the sliced containment vessel matches the specified volume of liquid (e.g., fuel) within a given tolerance. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311158 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UPSCALING MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF GEOMATERIALS - There is provided a method for modelling a hydrocarbon reservoir that includes generating a reservoir model that has a plurality of sub regions. A solution surrogate is obtained for a sub region by searching a database of existing solution surrogates to obtain an approximate solution surrogate based on a comparison of physical, geometrical, or numerical parameters of the sub region with physical, geometrical, or numerical parameters associated with the existing surrogate solutions in the database. If an approximate solution surrogate does not exist in the database, the sub region is simulated using a training simulation to obtain a set of training parameters comprising state variables and boundary conditions of the sub region. A machine learning algorithm is used to obtain a new solution surrogate based on the set of training parameters. The hydrocarbon reservoir can be simulated using the solution surrogate obtained for the at least one sub region. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311159 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REVERSE ENGINEERING MODELS OF BIOLOGICAL NETWORKS - The present invention provides methods and accompanying computer-based systems and computer-executable code stored on a computer-readable medium for constructing a model of a biological network. The invention further provides methods for performing sensitivity analysis on a biological network and for identifying major regulators of species in the network and of the network as a whole. In addition, the invention provides methods for identifying targets of a perturbation such as that resulting from exposure to a compound or an environmental change. The invention further provides methods for identifying phenotypic mediators that contribute to differences in phenotypes of biological systems. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311160 | PATH RECONSTRUCTION AND INTERCONNECTION MODELING (PRIM) - Internet data such as Border Gateway Protocol routing information and traceroute measurements are processed to create realistic predictive models of the paths IP traffic is likely to take between any two points on the Internet, even when direct measurements of the paths is not feasible. The prediction includes three categories: topology (what paths may exist), weighting (which paths are more or less likely to be taken under varying operational circumstances), and performance (latency, loss, jitter, etc. across the predicted paths). | 2013-11-21 |
20130311161 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING REAL-TIME, IN-THE-FIELD SWITCHING-ORDER SIMULATION FOR AN ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for performing a real-time, in-the-field switching-sequence simulation for a power system that includes a plurality of switching devices. During operation, the system receives, at a hand-held device, topology information associated with the power system, a set of user-definable rules, and a request to perform an operation on a switching device in the power system. In response to the request, the system identifies the switching device from the plurality of switching devices, obtains instant status information associated with the plurality of switching devices, and runs a simulation based on the topology information, the user-definable rules, the status information, and the identified switch device. The system determines whether the operation is allowed based on an outcome of the simulation. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311162 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING SYMMETRIC, AUTOMATED, REAL-TIME ARC FLASH ENERGY WITHIN A REAL-TIME MONITORING SYSTEM - A system for making real-time predictions about an arc flash event on an electrical system comprises a data acquisition component communicatively connected to a sensor configured to acquire real-time data output from the electrical system; an analytics server communicatively connected to the data acquisition component and comprising a virtual system modeling engine configured to generate predicted data output for the electrical system using a virtual system model of the electrical system, an analytics engine configured to monitor the real-time data output and the predicted data output of the electrical system, and an arc flash simulation engine configured to use the virtual system model updated based in the real-time data to forecast an aspect of the arc flash event. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311163 | MEDIA RECOMMENDATION USING INTERNET MEDIA STREAM MODELING - Media item recommendations, such as music track recommendations, may be made using one or more models generated using data collected from a plurality of media stream sources, such as, for example, Internet radio stations. In an initial, bootstrapping phase, data about media items and media stream playlists of media stream sources may be used to generate a model, which comprises latent factor vectors, or learned profiles, of media items, e.g., tracks, artists, etc. Such a bootstrapping phase may be performed without user data, such as user playlists and/or user feedback, to generate a model that may be used to make media item recommendations. As user data becomes available, e.g., as users of a recommendation service provide user data, the user data may be used to supplement and/or update the model and/or to create user profiles. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311164 | DYNAMIC GENERATION OF TEST SEGMENTS - A computerized apparatus, method and computer product for generating tests. The apparatus comprises: a processor; an interface for obtaining a test template associated with a target computerized system, the test template comprises a template segment, the template segment comprising one or more instruction and one or more directives or control constructs related to the instructions; a test generator for generating a test associated with the template segment, said test generator comprises: a state simulator for determining a state of the target computerized system associated with an execution of the test; a template instruction or segment selector for selecting a template instruction or segment from the test template based on the state of the target system determined by said state simulator; and an instruction template segment generator configured to generate a multiplicity of instructions based on the state of the target computerized system and the template segment selected by said template instruction selector, wherein the test generator further comprises an instruction verifier configured to verify that a previously generated instruction is in line with the current state of the target computerized system and with the template instruction or segment selected by said template instruction or segment selector. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311165 | Revising Translated Documents in a Document Storage System - A method includes creating a first document in a first language and translating the first document into a second language. The translated document is revised directly in the second language. A document storage system stores the three documents and stores data about the three documents. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311166 | Domain-Specific Natural-Language Processing Engine - The present disclosure provides a construction for managing domain specific, configurable natural-language processing. The system described allows for the extraction of entities and other discrete grammar components through a collection of iterative rulesets. Each instance of the parser system may be tailored to the domain of a particular subject of inquiry. Instance-level constraints enable increasingly fine classification on input data. Intuitive rulesets enable instance-level configuration by non-technical clients. A configured instance of the system receives unstructured text inputs and outputs structured data relevant to the domain of the instance. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311167 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR GENERATING AN ACTION ITEM SUMMARY - Methods and devices for generating an action item summary are described. In one example embodiment, the present application describes a processor-implemented method. The method includes: receiving a request for creation of an action item, the action item comprising a record of a proposed future action; obtaining context information associated with the action item; storing the action item and context information; and generating a sentence describing the action item based on the context information associated with the action item. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311168 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ENABLE INTERACTIVITY AMONG A PLURALITY OF DEVICES - Methods and systems to exchange and display data among a plurality of devices in response to one or more of user input and context-based information. User input may include one or more of motion, speech, text, pointing, and touch-selecting. Context-based information may include one or more of user location, which may be relative to one or more devices, background audio, information related to one or more products and/or services, and user-based context information. User context-based information may correspond one or more of prior transactions, prior activities, prior content exposure, and demographic information. Also disclosed herein are methods and systems to correlate user speech to one or more of commands and data objects, with respect to context-based information. Methods and systems to recognize speech may be implemented in combination with methods and systems to exchange and/or display of data among a plurality of devices, and in other environments. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311169 | METHOD AND SYSTEM RELATING TO SALIENT CONTENT EXTRACTION FOR ELECTRONIC CONTENT - Individuals receive overwhelming barrage of information which must be filtered, processed, analysed, reviewed, consolidated and distributed or acted upon. Automatic approaches to “scraping” salient content from sources of content are provided allowing the salient content to be provided to the user or subjected to further processing such as clustering or sentiment analysis for example. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311170 | Methods and Systems for Natural Language Understanding Using Human Knowledge and Collected Data - Disclosed herein are systems and methods to incorporate human knowledge when developing and using statistical models for natural language understanding. The disclosed systems and methods embrace a data-driven approach to natural language understanding which progresses seamlessly along the continuum of availability of annotated collected data, from when there is no available annotated collected data to when there is any amount of annotated collected data. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311171 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TEXT DISAMBIGUATION - A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood that a user intended a particular output, but various features of the device provide additional variants that are not based solely on frequency and rather are provided by various logic structures resident on the device. The device enables editing during text entry and also provides a learning function that allows the disambiguation function to adapt to provide a customized experience for the user. The disambiguation function can be selectively disabled and an alternate keystroke interpretation system provided. Additionally, the device can facilitate the selection of variants by displaying a graphic of a special key of the keypad that enables a user to progressively select variants generally without changing the position of the user's hands on the device. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311172 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD EMPLOYING LOGICAL PROXIMITY OF CHARACTERS IN SPELL CHECKING - An improved handheld electronic device and associated method employing an improved spell checking routine enable proposed spelling corrections having a close logical proximity to an active input to be output at a position of preference for easy selection by the user. By way of example, a base character and the various accented forms thereof can be said to have a logical proximity to one another that is closer than their logical proximity to any character having a different base character, whether additionally having a diacritical element or not. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311173 | Method for exemplary voice morphing - A method of morphing speech from an original speaker into the speech of a second, target speaker with decomposing either speech into source and filter, and without the need to determine the formant positions by warping spectral envelops. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311174 | AUDIO CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE - An audio control device includes: a situation determination unit that determines a situation of environment when a sound is obtained; and a control unit that applies any one of automatic level control and a gain fixation control to a sound obtained by a sound obtaining unit, the control unit controlling gain automatically based on a result of determination by the situation determination unit such that a sound level is at a constant level in the automatic level control and fixing gain to a predetermined value in the gain fixation control. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311175 | SPEECH PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF, AND VEHICLE, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SPEECH PROCESSING APPARATUS - An apparatus of this invention is a speech processing apparatus that acquires pseudo speech from a mixture sound including desired speech and noise. The speech processing apparatus includes a first microphone that inputs a first mixture sound including desired speech and noise and outputs a first mixture signal, a second microphone that is opened to the same sound space as that of the first microphone, inputs a second mixture sound including the desired speech and the noise at a ratio different from the first mixture sound, and outputs a second mixture signal, a sound insulator that is disposed between the first microphone and the second microphone, and a noise suppression circuit that suppresses an estimated noise signal based on the first mixture signal and the second mixture signal and outputs a pseudo speech signal. With this arrangement, it is possible to, in a single sound space where desired speech and noise mix, correctly estimate the noise and reconstruct pseudo speech close to the desired speech. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311176 | MRI Compatible Headset - A wireless headset capable of receiving audio signals transmitted wirelessly and compatible for use in an MRI scanner is disclosed. The headset includes a first wireless module connected to the first earphone and a second wireless module connected to the second earphone. Each wireless module is electrically connected to a speaker in the respective earphone. The first wireless module receives the audio signal from a remote source and coordinates transmission of the audio signal to each of the speakers. The compact nature of each earphone minimizes the length of wire runs. In addition, the headset is made of materials having low magnetic susceptibility such that they will not be affected by the magnetic field from the MRI scanner. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311177 | AUTOMATED COLLABORATIVE ANNOTATION OF CONVERGED WEB CONFERENCE OBJECTS - A methodology may be provided that automatically annotates web conference application sharing (e.g., sharing scenes and/or slides) based on voice and/or web conference data. In one specific example, a methodology may be provided that threads the annotations and assigns authorship to the correct resources. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311178 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR EASILY SEARCHING FOR VOICE RECORD - A method of writing a specific time point through a familiar pattern input that can be instantaneously applied to a portion desired to be memorize or highlighted by the user during audio recording. An electronic device according to an embodiment disclosed in the present disclosure may include a storage unit configured to store audio data and the recording information of the audio data; a controller configured to convert an input audio signal into audio data to store the audio data; a display unit configured to display one or more texts based on the execution of a speech-to-text (STT) for the input audio signal; and an input unit configured to receive a specific pattern input or a selection input for part of the texts from the user while receiving the audio signal. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311179 | Electronic Device with Text Error Correction Based on Voice Recognition Data - During operation of an electronic device such as a cellular telephone with a touch screen display or other electronic equipment, a voice recognition engine may gather data on spoken words. Data on the spoken words that are recognized may be maintained in a spoken word database maintained by an input processor with an autocorrection engine. A user may supply text input that contains mistyped words to the electronic device using the touch screen or a keyboard. The input processor may use the autocorrection engine to automatically replace mistyped words with corrected versions of the mistyped words. The corrected words may be displayed in real time as the user supplies the text input. The autocorrection engine may make word correction decisions based at least partly on information in the spoken word database. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311180 | REMOTE ACCESS SYSTEM AND METHOD AND INTELLIGENT AGENT THEREFOR - The invention relates to remote access systems and methods using automatic speech recognition to access a computer system. The invention also relates to an intelligent agent resident on the computer system for facilitating remote access to, and receipt of, information on the computer system through speech recognition or text-to-speech read-back. The remote access systems and methods can be used by a user of the computer system while traveling. The user can dial into a server system which is configured to interact with the user by automatic speech recognition and text-to-speech conversion. The server system establishes a connection to an intelligent agent running on the user's remotely located computer system by packet communication over a public network. The intelligent agent sources information on the user's computer system or a network accessible to the computer system, processes the information and transmits it to the server system over the public network. The server system converts the information into speech signals and transmits the speech signals to a telephone operated by the user. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311181 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING CONCEPTS AND KEYWORDS FROM SPOKEN WORDS IN TEXT, AUDIO, AND VIDEO CONTENT - Systems for identifying, summarizing, and communicating topics and keywords included within an input file are disclosed. The systems include a server that receives one or more input files from an external source; conducts a speech-to-text transcription (when the input file is an audio or video file); and applies an algorithm to the text in order to analyze the content therein. The algorithm calculates a total score for each word included within the text, which is calculated using a variety of metrics that include: a length of each word in relation to a mean length of words, the frequency of letter groups used within each word, the frequency of repetition of each word and word sequences, a part of speech that is represented by each word, and membership of each word within a custom set of words. The systems are further capable of generating a graphical representation of each input file, which depicts those parts of the input file that exhibit a higher total score from those that do not. In addition, the systems allow users to publish commentary—through an email interface—to such graphical representations of the input files. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311182 | APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING ERROR IN SPEECH RECOGNITION - An apparatus for correcting errors in speech recognition is provided. The apparatus includes a feature vector extracting unit extracting feature vectors from a received speech. A speech recognizing unit recognizes the received speech as a word sequence on the basis of the extracted feature vectors. A phoneme weighted finite state transducer (WFST)-based converting unit converts the recognized word sequence recognized by the speech recognizing unit into a phoneme WFST. A speech recognition error correcting unit corrects errors in the converted phoneme WFST. The speech recognition error correcting unit includes a WFST synthesizing unit modeling a phoneme WFST transferred from the phoneme WFST-based converting unit as pronunciation variation on the basis of a Kullback-Leibler (KL) distance matrix. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311183 | VOICED SOUND INTERVAL DETECTION DEVICE, VOICED SOUND INTERVAL DETECTION METHOD AND VOICED SOUND INTERVAL DETECTION PROGRAM - This invention provides a voiced sound interval detection device which enables appropriate detection of a voiced sound interval of an observation signal even when a volume of sound from a sound source varies or when the number of sound sources is unknown or when different kinds of microphones are used together. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311184 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION - A method and a system for speech recognition are provided. In the method, vocal characteristics are captured from speech data and used to identify a speaker identification of the speech data. Next, a first acoustic model is used to recognize a speech in the speech data. According to the recognized speech and the speech data, a confidence score of the speech recognition is calculated and it is determined whether the confidence score is over a threshold. If the confidence score is over the threshold, the recognized speech and the speech data are collected, and the collected speech data is used for performing a speaker adaptation on a second acoustic model corresponding to the speaker identification. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311185 | METHOD APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROSODIC TAGGING - In accordance with an example embodiment a method and apparatus are provided. The method comprises identifying at least one subject voice in one or more media files. The method also comprises determining at least one prosodic feature of the at least one subject voice. The method also comprises determining at least one prosodic tag for the at least one subject voice based on the at least one prosodic feature. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311186 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR EASY SEARCH DURING VOICE RECORD - An electronic device for allowing the user not to terminate audio recording while at the same time checking the content corresponding to a recorded portion in real time during the audio recording, and a method of reproducing the audio signal. An electronic device according to an embodiment disclosed in the present disclosure may include a memory configured to store an audio signal being input; a display unit configured to display at least one of an item indicating a progressive state in which the audio signal is stored therein and an STT-based text for the audio signal; a user interface unit configured to receive the selection of a predetermined portion of the item indicating the progressive state or the selection of a partial character string of the text from the user; and a controller configured to reproduce an audio signal corresponding to the selected portion or the selected character string. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311187 | Electronic Apparatus - An electronic apparatus comprises a storage module, a manipulation module, a voice output control module, and a display module. The storage module configured to store book data. The manipulation module is configured to convert a manipulation of a user into an electrical signal while the voice output control module configured to reproduce a voice by reading the book data in the storage module based on the manipulation, and the display module is configured to display the book data. When it is determined that a part to be reproduced includes an illustration or a figure, the user is urged to view the display module and the illustration or the figure is displayed at the display module. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311188 | Text-to-speech device, speech output device, speech output system, text-to-speech methods, and speech output method - An audio read-out device comprises an audio signal generator, a first information receiver, a first information transmitter, a first controller, and a mixed audio signal generator, and when the first information receiver receives audio output enablement information indicating that audio output is disabled, the first controller causes the mixed audio signal generator to generate a mixed audio signal composed of a broadcast audio signal and causes the first information transmitter to transmit the mixed audio signal until the first information receiver receives audio output enablement information indicating that audio output is enabled; and when the first information receiver receives audio output enablement information indicating that audio output is enabled, the first controller causes the mixed audio signal generator to generate a mixed audio signal obtained by mixing a read-out audio signal and a broadcast audio signal, and causes the first information transmitter to transmit the mixed audio signal. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311189 | VOICE PROCESSING APPARATUS - In a voice processing apparatus, a processor performs generating a converted feature by applying a source feature of source voice to a conversion function, generating an estimated feature based on a probability that the source feature belongs to each element distribution of a mixture distribution model that approximates distribution of features of voices having different characteristics, generating a first conversion filter based on a difference between a first spectrum corresponding to the converted feature and an estimated spectrum corresponding to the estimated feature, generating a second spectrum by applying the first conversion filter to a source spectrum corresponding to the source feature, generating a second conversion filter based on a difference between the first spectrum and the second spectrum, and generating target voice by applying the first conversion filter and the second conversion filter to the source spectrum. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311190 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SPEECH ANALYSIS FOR REAL-TIME MEASUREMENT OF STRESS, FATIGUE, AND UNCERTAINTY - The present invention utilizes speech analysis to provide real-time measurement of end-user stress, fatigue, and uncertainty in decision-making. The present invention monitors “technology-induced” stressors by increasing the inherent functionality of individual monitoring technologies, so as to perform multiple applications in a single setting. In addition to the continued use of speech recognition technology for computerized report transcription, the present invention simultaneously measures and analyzes occupational stress and fatigue in real-time, specific to the unique profile of each individual end-user and context of the task being performed. The derived user-specific stress/fatigue analytics may be used in the creation of a number of workflow and quality enhancing deliverables, including customizable intervention strategies for stress/fatigue reduction, creation of automated workflow templates, and targeted quality assurance and peer review. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311191 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR VOICE APPROVAL - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for voice approval, where the method includes: receiving voice approval request information sent by an enterprise application server; establishing a voice communication connection with the terminal according to the contact information of the approver terminal; sending approval content audio information corresponding to the voice approval request information to the approver terminal; receiving feedback information, and obtaining approval result information according to the feedback information; and sending the approval result information to the enterprise application server. Embodiments of the present invention also provide a device and system for voice approval. In the embodiments of the present invention, the enterprise application server and the enterprise gateway are combined and improved to enable an approver to approve, in voice mode, an approval request raised by an applicant, thereby increasing the approval efficiency. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311192 | ENCODING METHOD, ENCODER, PERIODIC FEATURE AMOUNT DETERMINATION METHOD, PERIODIC FEATURE AMOUNT DETERMINATION APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An encoding technique encoding a sound signal at a low bit rate with reduced processing. The technique includes: an interval determination determining an interval T between samples corresponding to periodicity of an audio signal or an integer multiple of a fundamental frequency of the audio signal from a set S of candidates for the interval T; and a side information generating encoding the determined interval T to obtain side information. The interval determining determines the interval T from a set S of Y candidates (Y2013-11-21 | |
20130311193 | MEDICAL MONITORING RULE RECOMMENDATION - Method, system, and computer program product are provided for medical monitoring rule recommendation for a medical records system. The method includes: indexing previously generated medical monitoring rules to provide a rules index; and determining rule features by evaluating previously generated medical monitoring rules based on existing patient data. The method further includes: receiving a given patient's data; querying the given patient's data in the rules index to provide candidate rules; and scoring the candidate rules based on the rule features including the frequency a rule was satisfied for existing patients. Scoring the candidate rules may also includes scoring based on the given patient's data by executing a candidate rule on the given patient's data. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311194 | MISLEADING MESSAGE DETECTION - A method of managing services in a health care facility includes receiving one or more messages associated with one or more actions to be performed in the hospital; placing the one or more messages in a queue, assessing a queued message, in combination with one or more other messages, against one or more misleading message patterns stored in a memory, determining whether the combination of the message and the one or more other messages matches one or more of the misleading message patterns so as to indicate or suggest that the message is misleading, and if one or more of the misleading message patterns indicates or suggests that the message is misleading, removing the message from the queue or modifying the message. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311195 | NURSING SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, a nursing support system includes a handy terminal and an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with the handy terminal. The information processing apparatus includes a selection unit selects a responsible person to use the handy terminal, an item setting unit sets input items of the handy terminal corresponding to the patient and the department of the selected responsible person, a printing unit prints a key sheet installed on the input unit of the handy terminal based on the set input items and an item notifying unit notifies the handy terminal of the set input items. The handy terminal includes a key layout unit lays out keys of the input unit based on the input items notified by the information processing apparatus. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311196 | Establishing Risk-Based Study Conduct - A computer system is configured before a start of a trial of a medical therapy to detect alert conditions. The alert conditions are indicative of occurrences of failure modes identified as being potentially associated with the trial. During the trial, the computer system receives trial data. The computer system detects, based on the trial data, that one or more of the alert conditions have occurred. In response to detecting that an alert condition has occurred, the computer system outputs an alert associated with a mitigation procedure defined for the given failure mode before the start of the trial. The mitigation procedure indicates a procedure to mitigate the occurrence of the given failure mode. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311197 | WEB-BASED HEALTH INDEX CALCULATOR - When calculating an individual's health index as a function of health index parameters including biometric parameters and behavioral parameters, a monetary cost is associated with each health index parameter, and the costs for all health index parameters are aggregated and displayed to a user via a graphical user interface. The user is then permitted to adjust one or more health index parameters, and the aggregate health cost is updated to show the user the amount of health cost savings that can be achieved by different health index parameter adjustments. In this manner, an individual is incentivized to improve his health in order to save money. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311198 | CUSTOMIZABLE PAYMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method facilitates secure payments to a payee, according to custom preferences of the payee. The system is offered by the payer (as opposed to the biller) using a third party and, a payee can enroll with a customized account processing center (CAPC), which is the third party. The CAPC captures and stores payment information about the payee from the payer and payee. The payee registers preferences for funds deposit and also the payee's preferred remittance format. When a payee is registered and elects payment via electronic funds transfer, the CAPC issues instructions to the bank to transfer funds from the payer's bank account to the payee's registered preferred bank account. The CAPC can also create a detailed record of payment histories and remittance details which are accessible to the payee. Remittance details are delivered in the payee's registered preferred format and routed to the payee's registered destination. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311199 | SKILL EVALUATION - The present invention provides a system to evaluate of Tissue Manipulation Events (TMEs) performed on a subject, by a practitioner and providing a corresponding ranking-score thereof. The system includes a contour image capturing and recording devices adapted to capture and record, in real time, the contours of a surgical tool and a tissue and tissue manipulating events of a subject, which are connected to a data receiver for receiving the vector image data. At least a database including bench-mark surgical parameters, tissue and tool parameters are connected to the system. A processor coupled to the data receiver and the databases and configured to convert the vector image data (raw image) into pixelated frames, evaluate tissue manipulation events and generate a performance score for the task performed on the subject. The present invention also provides a method for evaluation of manual skills in tissue manipulating events performed. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311200 | IDENTIFICATION OF MEDICAL CONCEPTS FOR IMAGING PROTOCOL SELECTION - A method includes identifying medical concepts in identified patient cases that are missing from medical concepts in first electronically formatted medical information as missing medical concepts, and selecting an imaging protocol for an imaging procedure based on a combination of the medical concepts from the first electronically formatted medical information and the missing medical concepts, and generating a signal indicative of the selected imaging protocol. A method includes identifying at least one of one or more medical concepts as a relevant additional concept, and selecting an imaging protocol for the imaging procedure based on a combination of one or more clinical indications and the relevant additional concept, and generating a signal indicative of the selected imaging protocol. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311201 | MEDICAL RECORD GENERATION AND PROCESSING - In at least one embodiment, a system and method provides a paradigm shift in generating a medical record by allowing a clinician increased flexibility in documenting a patient examination and treatment while still generating a structured medical record that facilitates multiple, subsequent processing options. In at least one embodiment, the system and method utilize natural language processing and feedback to generate a complete, electronic medical record. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311202 | Methods for Selecting Medications - The invention provides a computer program product for selecting and administering a psychotropic medication for a patient. The computer program product utilizes a combination of genotype and phenotype information to provide the user with accurate guidance regarding the appropriate medication and its use. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311203 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING INTERACTION-BASED SERVICES - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a syntactic component for retrieving records corresponding to an individual and analyzing the records to assess a condition for the individual; a user interface for capturing interaction data that is associated with an encounter between the individual and a service provider; and a semantic component for comparing the interaction data to interaction criteria, where an action plan for the individual is generated based at least in part on the assessed condition and the comparison of the interaction data to the interaction criteria. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311204 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING PATIENTS - A system and method for monitoring multiple patients. The system includes one or more processors for receiving multiple health parameters associated with each patient and parameter values associated with the health parameters. The processors classify each patient in a clinical category of multiple clinical categories based on the health parameters. Each clinical category indicates a criticality level associated with a health condition of a patient. The processors also present health profiles of the patients based on a clinical category associated with each patient in a user interface for monitoring each patient. The health profiles indicate the parameter values associated with the health parameters. The plurality of clinical categories and the plurality of health parameters are stored in a memory. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311205 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING PATIENT ADHERENCE TO MEDICATION TREATMENT REGIMENS - A system and method for increasing patient adherence to following medication treatment regimens. An adherence data processing and communication system generates and displays medication adherence data based on historical medication information. The system is linked to other systems involved with electronic ordering and filling of prescriptions, such as electronic prescription and pharmacy systems all connected by suitable wired and/or wireless communication protocols including the Internet. In one embodiment, the adherence data is displayed in the form of an interactive report card which provides a user with adherence metrics in both summary and more detailed formats for prescription medications taken by the patient. A related method executed by the data processing and communication system is disclosed. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311206 | Generation and Data Management of a Medical Study Using Instruments in an Integrated Media and Medical System - In general, a computer-implemented method is described for retrieving by one or more computers an appointment schedule associated with a physician, the appointment schedule including one or more names of patients scheduled for a medical visit with the physician, receiving a first request to view appointment information for a selected patient, retrieving by one or more computers a first list comprising instruments completed 160 by the selected patient, and receiving a second request to send one or more instruments completed by the selected patient to the physician. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311207 | Medical Record Processing - Systems, apparatus, and methods for medical record processing are provided. Medical record processing may be implemented by performing data-point analysis on a medical file to generate a data-point file. The data-point file is automatically coded to generate a coded file. The medical file may be preprocessed prior to performing data-point analysis, and non-relevant information may be removed from the medical file. Data-point analysis may be performed based on a predefined data-point specification. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311208 | PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES FOR MANAGING LIFE INSTRUMENTS - Product and processes that comprise receiving a query for a settlement contract that is available for sale. The query is based on at least one field. The settlement contract comprises a sale of a policyholder's death benefit in a life insurance policy in exchange for money. A first settlement contract that comprises information matching the at least one queried field is retrieved. A plurality of potential purchasers received communication that the first settlement contract is available for purchase. During a pre-determined period of time, a plurality of bids for the first settlement contract is received. Each of the plurality of bids comprises a bid price. It is determined that a first bidder has submitted a best bid price for the settlement contract. The first bidder and the policyholder are notified of an agreement to sell the first settlement contract at the best bid price. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311209 | TELEMATICS SMART PINGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Monitoring systems and methods are configured to determine a pattern of vehicle usage or to verify personal data about a vehicle insurance applicant, without unreasonable expense to an insurance provider or the applicant. A monitoring system can track movements of a handheld mobile communication device, and can include a personal data unit, a communication unit, and an analysis unit. The personal data unit can receive personal data about the insurance applicant, including an identifier of a mobile communication device used by the insurance applicant. The communication unit can receive location data describing various locations of the mobile communication device. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311210 | Computer System and Method for Processing of Data Related to Insurance Quoting - This invention relates generally to a computer system and method for integrating insurance policy underwriting. In one aspect it integrates the older legacy insurance policy generating systems to on line systems where users access the system through browsers. The computer system to perform the process of underwriting, rating, quoting, binding, and booking an insurance policy includes browsers, data bases, processors and a dispatcher that parses the information to select an insurance process. Suitable software programs review messages received from users to determine if certain messages are less than a prescribed limit. If a message is greater than the limit, then the message is parsed into a header information and one or more data fields whereby the header information is provided to a legacy processor and to policy generation software for further creation of policy related information and documentation. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311211 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES - Systems, methods, processes, computer readable medium, networks, virtual machines are provided that implement transportation related features and services. For example, a platform is implemented that address the complexity and speed in providing and managing chauffeured for hire ground transportation services. Features related to dispatching, managing business agreements, user interfaces, inter-company billing, inter-company fleet visibility and verification, analytics, and other advancements are also described. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311212 | Secure Targeted Personal Buying/Selling Method and System - Embodiments described herein include a buying and selling method including receiving a request from a user to book a ticket for an event, determining a time for the event and a venue for the event, detecting when the user is at the venue for the event, and in response, electronically funding a user account with an amount sufficient to buy a ticket for the event. The user is notified that funds are available for the ticket. Embodiments further include, after the end of the event, detecting whether the funds were redeemed and determining whether there is a balance remaining over the funded amount. If the funds were redeemed by the user before the event, event data is collected, including a time of the event, a type of the event, a name of the event, and a location of the venue. The event data is associated with user data. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311213 | BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR A TRANSPORT VEHICLE - A baggage handling process for a transport vehicle, including the steps of generating a booking for a passenger for said transport vehicle; and issuing the passenger with a container for his or her baggage, wherein the container is of a predetermined size and shape. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311214 | NETWORKED BARCODE VERIFICATION SYSTEM - Systems and methods are described for barcode verification. Optionally, a barcode scanner/imager is coupled to a verification system over a network. The verification system receives over the network barcode data associated with an item, such as a ticket, and associated information. The verification system uses the barcode data and associated information to determine if the barcode is valid and corresponds to an identified event. The verification system transmits a verification result. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311215 | SUSTAINABILITY BASED DISTRIBUTION EVALUATION - A computer implemented method for analyzing distribution options of a product can include obtaining data relating to the distribution of the product to a customer from at least one supplier. The method can include configuring one or more criteria relating to the distribution of the product and weighting the criteria. At least one criteria can relate to sustainability of the distribution of the product. The method can include performing green distribution analysis on the distribution options of the product based on the weighted criteria using the obtained data and providing a set of distribution options based on the green distribution analysis. The distribution options can be provided with a green distribution score corresponding to the sustainability of the distribution option. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311216 | PRODUCT SUSTAINABILITY EVALUATION - A computer implemented method for analyzing sustainability of a product can include configuring one or more criteria relating to production and distribution of the product and weighting the criteria. At least one criteria can relate to the sustainability of the product. The method can include obtaining data relating to the production and the distribution of the product to a customer from at least one supplier. The method can include performing a green distribution analysis on the production and distribution of the product based on the weighted criteria using the obtained data. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311217 | One View Integrated Project Management System - Projects of any type require sophisticated management software programs. In reality, these management software programs are provided by various vendors and for different professional fields. For example, scheduling programs for construction professionals, blue print programs for drafting professionals, accounting programs for cost-control professionals. In addition, there are numerous other unofficial and official documents generated by managers of different levels for reporting or track-record-keeping purposes using popular word processing programs and spread-sheet programs. Documents generated by different software programs can only be viewed under the programs they are generated under or compatible programs. This poses a problem in that there is a lack of organized control resulting in difficulty in locating and viewing documents in a timely manner. The present invention provides an one view software program that would be able to provide an organized control and viewing of all documents regardless which software programs they are generated under. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311218 | FARMING SUPPORT METHOD AND FARMING SUPPORT APPARATUS - A farming support method includes accepting input of information indicating a state of a crop or information indicating a state of an environment, and extracting, from a first storage unit that stores restriction information including a condition related to the state of the crop or the state of the environment and a work instruction for a case in which the condition is satisfied, the restriction information having the condition matching the information indicating the state of the crop or the information indicating the state of the environment that is input. The method further includes judging, using a second storage unit that stores a judgement result on whether to adopt each restriction information for each cultivation example of the crop, whether to adopt the restriction information that is extracted. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311219 | CROWD-SOURCE BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SUPERVISING AND DISPATCHING ON-LINE CONTENT PRODUCTION FOR ADVOCACY AND SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION - An automated system and method provide content to a target website wherein the content is checked prior to posting the content to the target site. The automation of the method relies on the use of a client software application, which carries out much of the automated functionality in association with an agent server. The method may include safeguards to prevent circumvention. Content may be written, checked and submitted from a writer's own computer to preserve the authenticity of the writings. An optional multilevel reward system encourages the expansion of the crowd-source employee base. The method enables the distribution and control of content writing tasks to a crowd of writers. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311220 | EVALUATING DEPLOYMENT READINESS IN DELIVERY CENTERS THROUGH COLLABORATIVE REQUIREMENTS GATHERING - A method and data processing system for determining deployment readiness of a service is disclosed. A computer identifies tasks that must be performed to address requirements associated with categories of complexity for deploying the service in one or more locations. The computer assigns the identified tasks to experts based on skill and availability of the experts. The computer verifies whether the assigned tasks have been completed. The computer then provides an indication that the service is ready to be deployed in one or more locations responsive to the verification that the tasks have been completed. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311221 | EVALUATING DEPLOYMENT READINESS IN DELIVERY CENTERS THROUGH COLLABORATIVE REQUIREMENTS GATHERING - A data processing system for determining deployment readiness of a service is disclosed. A computer identifies tasks that must be performed to address requirements associated with categories of complexity for deploying the service in one or more locations. The computer assigns the identified tasks to experts based on skill and availability of the experts. The computer verifies whether the assigned tasks have been completed. The computer then provides an indication that the service is ready to be deployed in one or more locations responsive to the verification that the tasks have been completed. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311222 | Social Networking System For Organization Management - A computer implemented method and system for managing an organization in a virtual social network environment provides an organization management platform accessible to employees and clients over a communication network. The organization management platform acquires target goal criteria of the organization via a graphical user interface over the communication network, and creates multiple organizational groups based on the target goal criteria. The organization management platform registers the employees with one or more organizational groups selected by the employees. The organization management platform acquires one or more tasks and rules for performing the tasks that enable the employees to fulfill the target goal criteria. The organization management platform measures performance of the tasks by each of the employees in each of the organizational groups based on the rules and performance criteria, and allocates one or more units of electronic currency to each of the employees based on the measured performance. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311223 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC MESSAGE NOTIFICATION - A method, article of manufacture and system for electronic mail notification including determining that it is a time for at least one of a reminder notification action and a report notification action. For a reminder notification action, all action items within a given range are obtained and the action items are processed into at least one action item report which is e-mailed to at least one designated recipient. For a report notification action, the a list of completed action items in a given range are obtained and the list of completed action items is processed into at least one completed action report that is e-mailed to at least one designated recipient. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311224 | System and Method for Automated Standards Compliance - A method and system for risk assessment. A question set including one or more questions may be transmitted. Each question may be based on statutory, sectoral or standards requirements relating to how an entity handles information, and each question may be associated with one or more categories. An answer set may be received including one or more selected answers. Each selected answer may correspond to a question in the transmitted question set and each selected answer may be associated with a risk score. The risk score may be related to the statutory, sectoral or standards requirements. An assessment based on the answer set may be generated and transmitted. The assessment may include one or more questions and corresponding answers organized by risk score and category. A request for remediation action may be generated and transmitted when an answer corresponding to a question is associated with a risk score above a threshold risk score. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311225 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGING BUSINESS HOURS IN AN ON-DEMAND SERVICE - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for managing multiple business hours in anon-demand service. These mechanisms and methods for managing multiple business hours in an on-demand service can enable embodiments to provide access to a stored set of business hours for a user to track, at a user level. The ability of embodiments to provide this access may allow users of such on-demand services better insight as to how much time their agents are spending on cases. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311226 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ESTIMATE RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS FOR A PROJECT - According to some embodiments, a resource estimation tool may be provided for a project, such as a complex financial services project, to be performed in a series of project phases. Initially, a set of pre-determined tasks for the project may be automatically determined, each task being associated with one or more of the project phases. Moreover, a default estimated resource allocation value may be assigned to each task in connection with each project phase. According to some embodiments, a project size input may be received, and a spreadsheet application formula may automatically adjust the default estimated resource allocation values associated with all tasks based on the project size input. An overall project resource allocation estimate may then be output based on the adjusted default estimated resource allocation values for all tasks across all project phases. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311227 | RESOURCE PLANNING USING FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS - Methods, apparatus, and computer readable media with executable instructions stored thereon for resource planning using FTEs are provided. Example methods of the present disclosure can include identifying full time equivalent (FTE) requirements of jobs, skills corresponding to the jobs, resources corresponding to the skills, and FTE capacity of resources [ | 2013-11-21 |
20130311228 | Service management method, product-in-circulation to which the same is applied, service management device, service management network system, service management program, and computer readable program product with the program stored thereon - According to a service management method to supply products-in-circulation to service receivers, a service management system is built that enables the service provider to manage whether the service receivers are using those products-in-circulation delivered from the service provider in an authorized manner. This provides a reasonable service whereby the service receiver is charged only for those products-in-circulation the service receiver has actually used. To this end, the service management device in accordance with the present invention includes: a memory section for registering data of products-in-circulation to be delivered to the service receivers; an input section for entering current status of the products-in-circulation; and an arithmetic processing section for calculating charges on the basis of the number of products-in-circulation that are regarded as having been actually used, not the total number of the delivered product-in-circulations. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311229 | PROACTIVE RISK ASSESSMENT FOR SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE EVOLUTIONS - Risks from system architecture evolutions are assessed by an apparatus that comprises a database comprising a plurality of roadmaps for a corresponding plurality of components that may be used to form an enterprise architecture, the roadmaps identifying the planned characteristics of the plurality of components. The apparatus also comprises a modeling module executed by a processor to identify the components that form the enterprise architecture, to identify the current characteristics of those components, and to map those components to the roadmaps for corresponding components among the plurality of components in the database. In addition, the apparatus comprises a risk identification module executed by the processor to identify which of the components that form the enterprise architecture have current characteristics that are different from the corresponding planned characteristics. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311230 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INITIATING IN-TRIP AUDITS IN A SELF-CHECKOUT SYSTEM - The system and method described herein may be used to make a binary determination of whether to initiate an in-trip audit of self-scans in a self-checkout system. For example, the system may receive one or more audit parameters that are used to calculate an audit score. The audit score may be compared to a predefined audit threshold to determine, during a shopping trip, whether to initiate the in-trip audit. After or in combination with making the binary determination, the system may make a probabilistic determination of whether to initiate an audit based on historical audit points associated with the shopper. The audit points are incremented or decremented based on prior audits and other characteristics of the shopper. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311231 | RISK MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A risk management device includes: a memory for storing a plurality of verification units each composed of one or more scenario data each including a predicted value of loss occurrence frequency, a verification range that is a collection of the plurality of verification units, and actual loss occurrence numbers corresponding to the scenario data; and a processor connected to the memory. The processor is programmed to determine by using a goodness-of-fit test on a Poisson distribution whether the total value of the loss occurrence numbers corresponding to the scenario data included in the verification range follows a Poisson distribution that the total value of predicted values of loss occurrence frequency in the scenario data included in the verification range is defined as a mean. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311232 | Method, System and Program Product for Forecasting - A method, system and program product comprise selecting at least one item and historical demand information for the item from a storage portion. A plurality of discrete values for use with forecast models are specified. The item, historical demand information and discrete values are communicated to a forecasting unit comprising at least one test portion being configured for testing the historical demand information to determine a type for the historical demand information. A selection portion is configured for selecting at least a one of a plurality of forecast model portions and for transferring the historical demand information to the selected forecast model portion. A model selection portion is configured for selecting at least one of a plurality of forecast models from the selected forecast model portion. A forecast portion is configured to generate a forecast using at least the historical demand information and the selected forecast model. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311233 | Method for predicting revenue to be generated by a webpage comprising a list of items having common properties - The invention provides a method for estimating probabilities of a user clicking on items appearing in a results list obtained by a web search engine to predict the revenue for the results list, the web searching engine being used to search for the items on the web, the results list comprising a plurality of items. Each of the items has one or more properties, whereby at least one property may be common between the item and another item, and whereby the one or more properties each have a determined value. Historical data of users' actions comprises at least for each of the plurality of items or for a set of the plurality of items, a list of displays and clicks on selected items together with their values of properties if available, thus allowing the aggregation of statistics of displays and clicks for each value of properties. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311234 | DEMAND-BASED OFFERINGS FOR SALE - An apparatus for a demand-based offering for sale is disclosed. A method and a computer program product also perform the functions of the apparatus. The apparatus includes a vote receiving module that receives a vote over a computer network from a user. The vote is related to an item in a potential sale list. The potential sale list includes items that may be sold. The apparatus includes a vote tabulating module that gives the items in the potential sale list a ranking according to the votes received by the vote receiving module, and a display module that displays the potential sale list online. The apparatus includes a sales module that offers the item with a highest ranking for sale for a period of time. The offer for sale includes an on-line offering. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311235 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS SALES AND MARKETING PERFORMANCE DATA - A computer-implemented system for assessing performance data is configured to execute software instructions for generating graphical user interfaces that relate to measurement indicators. The measurement indicators pertain to a demand creation model comprising a marketing automation platform and a sales force automation platform. A method for assessing performance data using such a system includes the steps of defining a marketing automation platform and a sales force automation platform; qualifying a plurality of leads from the marketing automation platform; transferring the qualified leads from the marketing automation platform to the sales force automation platform; qualifying at least a portion of the qualified leads transferred from the marketing automation platform to the sales force automation platform; and calculating a rate of conversion based on the qualified leads from the marketing automation platform and the qualified leads from the sales force automation platform. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311236 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ENERGY CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT - Energy demand in an entire community including multiple demanders is properly predicted and energy consumption thereof is properly controlled. Every day, some demanders are selected from the community and a request to adjust energy consumption for the following day is sent to the selected demanders. To decide a content of the request, energy demand for the following day is predicted. In this case, demanders which did not receive a request on past days are specified, and demand in the community for the following day is predicted based on the actual energy consumption by those demanders on the past days. | 2013-11-21 |
20130311237 | REAL-TIME COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF CONSUMER SATISFACTION DETERMINATION FOR RETAIL BUSINESS - A real-time computer implemented method of customer satisfaction determination for retail business. A server computer is provided that powers a website on the world wide web. A web portal is provided that is accessible to members of the public through the world wide web, the web portal providing access that allows any individual member of the public to provide consumer feedback regarding their recent retail experience with a number of feedback options without having to identify themselves. | 2013-11-21 |