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20130336673 | METHOD AN APPARATUS FOR A PRINT JOB TYPE DEPENDENT RELEASE AGENT APPLICATION - An approach is provided for applying a release agent to a substrate having at least a first surface and a second surface. The approach involves determining a print job type for applying one or more printed images to the substrate to be one of a simplex print job type that applies the one or more printed images to one of the first surface and the second surface and a duplex print job type that applies the one or more printed images to the first surface and the second surface. The approach also involves processing the determined print job type to cause, at least in part, a determination of a release agent application instruction that corresponds with the determined print job type. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, an amount of the release agent to be applied to the substrate based on the release agent application instruction. | 12-19-2013 |
20130336687 | METHOD AN APPARATUS FOR REDUCING RELEASE AGENT TRANSFER TO A PRESSURE MEMBER IN A FUSER - An approach is provided for reducing release agent transfer to a pressure member in a fuser. The approach involves causing, at least in part, at least a first sheeted substrate and a second sheeted substrate to be advanced through a fuser in a process direction. The approach also involves determining the presence of the first sheeted substrate at a fusing position. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, a fuser member and a pressure member to engage to form a fusing nip at the fusing position based, at least in part, on the determined presence of the first sheeted substrate at the fusing position. The approach additionally involves determining the first sheeted substrate has advanced through the fusing nip. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, the fuser member and the pressure member to disengage. | 12-19-2013 |
20130336689 | METHOD AN APPARATUS FOR REUSING A CLEANING WEB TO CLEAN A FUSER UNIT - An approach is provided for reusing a cleaning web to clean portions of a fuser unit. The approach involves causing a cleaning web supply mechanism to feed a cleaning web having a first surface and a second surface to the portions of the fuser unit. The approach also involves causing a cleaning web receiving mechanism to receive the cleaning web following a cleaning process in which the first surface of the cleaning web is used to clean at least one of the portions of the fuser unit. The approach further involves causing the cleaning web receiving mechanism to return the cleaning web to the portions of the fuser unit to clean at least one of the portions of the fuser unit using the second surface of the cleaning web. | 12-19-2013 |
20130343773 | METHOD AN APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVELY LOADING A CLEANING WEB IN A FUSER UNIT BASED ON MEDIA ATTRIBUTES - An approach is provided for selectively loading a cleaning web useful in printing based on various media attributes of a media that is to be processed by a fuser unit. The approach involves determining one or more media attributes associated with a media to be processed by a fuser unit, the fuser unit comprising one or more heat rolls. The approach also involves determining at least one of the one or more media attributes meets a predetermined criteria. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, a cleaning web to contact at least one of the one or more heat rolls based, at least in part, on the determination that one or more media attributes meets the predetermined criteria. | 12-26-2013 |
20140233993 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING A DOUBLE BELT ROLL FUSER GEOMETRY IN AN IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A system and method are provided to implement a double belt roll fuser geometry to enable consistent self-stripping of image receiving media exiting a fuser assembly in an image forming device. Interaction between an image receiving medium substrate and a fuser belt of a belt roll fuser device is modified to include configuration in which an opposing belt is positioned around a pressure roller to oppose the fuser belt provided around the fuser roller. The fuser belt and the opposing belt extend in a downstream direction from the fusing nip and are configured to provide an appropriate length downstream of the fusing nip that sandwiches the image receiving medium substrate between the fuser belt and the opposing belt. Each of the fuser belt and the opposing belt wrap 70 degrees or more around significantly smaller diameter rollers positioned downstream of the fusing nip to form a stripping nip. | 08-21-2014 |
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20100153906 | CAPTURING INFORMATION ACCESSED, UPDATED AND CREATED BY SERVICES AND USING THE SAME FOR VALIDATION OF CONSISTENCY - Techniques for extending a service model with specification of information consumed. The service model includes specification of at least one exposed interface. A receiving operation receives specification of information consumed by a service implementation of the service model. The information consumed is information that is or needs be utilized by the service implementation without being passed through the exposed interface. A generating operation automatically generates an extended service model using a computer processor. The extended service model includes specification of the exposed interface and specification of the information consumed by the service implementation. | 06-17-2010 |
20100211926 | CAPTURING INFORMATION ACCESSED, UPDATED AND CREATED BY PROCESSES AND USING THE SAME FOR VALIDATION OF CONSISTENCY - Techniques for extending a process model with specification of information consumed. A receiving operation receives specification of process information consumed by a process implementation of the process model. Another receiving operation receives specification of activity process information consumed by activities employed by the process implementation of the process model. The information consumed is information that is or needs to be used without being passed through exposed interfaces. A generating operation automatically generates an extended process model using a computer processor. The extended process model includes specification of exposed interfaces, the process information consumed by the process implementation, and the activity information consumed by the activity implementation. Further embodiments includes techniques for identifying information inconsistencies in the extended process model if the information consumed not available as called for by the extended process model. | 08-19-2010 |
20120143777 | USING DOCUMENTATION PLANS FOR SOA GOVERNANCE - A method, system, and computer program product for using documentation plans for service oriented architecture governance. In an example embodiment, the method includes implementing a structured documentation plan in a SOA governance tool using a computer processor. The structured documentation plan includes a set of documentation types and a set of governance policies for at least one documentation type from the set of documentation types. | 06-07-2012 |
20130325559 | ACTIONABLE BUSINESS ENTITY OPERATING MODEL - Illustrative embodiments include a method, system, and computer program product for creating an actionable business environment model. A business object is instantiated according to a business entity subclass, the business entity subclass representing an asset in a business environment. An event object is instantiated, wherein an event represented in the event object applies to the business object. A decision object is instantiated, wherein the decision object includes logic to take an action in response to the event. An action object is instantiated, wherein the action object includes logic to respond to the event by interacting with the business object. The business object is made actionable by relating the business object with a combination of the event object, the decision object, and the action object using a declarative statement. The actionable business object is added to a model, thereby creating the actionable business model. | 12-05-2013 |
20140130014 | GENERATING TEST PLANS AND TEST CASES FROM SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE AND PROCESS MODELS - Testing a system under test (SUT) having a service-oriented architecture includes generating a first test plan for an inbound interface for each service model, generating a second test plan for an outbound interface of each service model, and generating a third test plan for information consumed by the service models using a processor. Testing the system further includes generating a fourth test plan for a process model, wherein the process model utilizes the service models, generating a fifth test plan that maps service models and the process model to executables of the system, and concatenating the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth test plans into a complete test plan for the SUT using the processor. | 05-08-2014 |
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20080270088 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CAUSAL MODELING AND OUTLIER DETECTION - A method (and system) for causal modeling includes modeling a data set using a reverse Bayesian forest. | 10-30-2008 |
20080275800 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEBT COLLECTION OPTIMIZATION - The present invention employs data processing systems to handle debt collection by formulation the collections process as a Markov Decision Process with constrained resources, thus making it possible automatically to generate an optimal collections policy with respect to maximizing long-term expected return throughout the course of a collections process, subject to constraints on the available resources possibly in multiple organizations. This is accomplished by coupling data modeling and resource optimization within the constrained Markov Decision Process formulation and generating optimized rules based on constrained reinforcement learning process comprising applied on the basis of past historical data. | 11-06-2008 |
20120215576 | ALLOCATING TASKS TO RESOURCES - Tasks of varying sizes may be allocated to multiple knapsacks (resources) both with multiple dimensions (domain principles) of a given size according to one or more desired criteria. For instance, sales territory management involves determining the allocation of items (accounts) of varying sizes to multiple knapsacks (territories or sales representatives) both with multiple dimensions (business principles) of a given size according to one or more desired criteria. | 08-23-2012 |
20130018839 | ENABLING COMPUTATIONAL PROCESS AS A DYNAMIC DATA SOURCE FOR BI REPORTING SYSTEMS - There is provided a system, method and computer program product for integrating at least one analytical or modeling driver into an existing business analytic environment. The system comprises a BAMS (Business Analytics and Mathematical Sciences) driver, implemented on the memory device and run by the processor, loads a real database driver and redirects a request from a client application to the real database driver. An extension driver, invoked by the BAMS driver, provides an interface to a data modeling or processing software and converts the interface from a software environment compiled by a programming language to another software environment targeted to another programming language. The extension driver extends or overrides functionalities of the BAMS driver. Implementing the BAMS driver and the extension driver in the existing business analytic environment do not require any change made on the existing business analytic environment. | 01-17-2013 |
20130018841 | ENABLING COMPUTATIONAL PROCESS AS A DYNAMIC DATA SOURCE FOR BI REPORTING SYSTEMS - A system, method and computer program product for integrating at least one analytical or modeling driver into an existing business analytic environment. The system comprises a BAMS (Business Analytics and Mathematical Sciences) driver, implemented on the memory device and run by the processor, loads a real database driver and redirects a request from a client application to the real database driver. An extension driver, invoked by the BAMS driver, provides an interface to a data modeling or processing software and converts the interface from a software environment compiled by a programming language to another software environment targeted to another programming language. The extension driver extends or overrides functionalities of the BAMS driver. Implementing the BAMS driver and the extension driver in the existing business analytic environment do not require any change made on the existing business analytic environment. | 01-17-2013 |
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20150105096 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING A MOBILE USER - A method, system, and/or apparatus for automatically tracking a mobile user using the user's mobile device. This invention is particularly useful in the field of social media, such as for detecting and tracking the location and activity of a user and her community. The method or implementing software application uses or relies upon location information available on the mobile device from any source, such as cell phone usage and/or other device applications. The method provides a tracking functionality that uses less battery power than a GPS system. The method includes a location module configured to receive location transmissions, places the location module into a sleep mode when possible, awakens the location module upon receipt of a location transmission, and determines a location with the location module and the location transmission. These steps are desirably repeated to continually and automatically track the mobile user. The location transmission can be provided by WiFi triangulation and/or a cellular phone system upon crossing a boundary between antennae cells and/or a boundary between a plurality of established and contiguous geofences. | 04-16-2015 |
20150105104 | AUTOMATED ELECTRONIC REMINDERS FOR A MOBILE USER - A method, system, and/or apparatus for automatically tracking and sending electronic reminder messages to a mobile user using the user's mobile device as a function of the user's tracked location. This invention is particularly useful in the field of social media, such as for detecting and tracking the location of a user and her community for actuating reminders based upon the user's location and/or the location of members of the community. The method or implementing software application uses or relies upon location information available on the mobile device from any source, such as GPS, cell phone usage, WiFi triangulation, and/or other device applications. | 04-16-2015 |
20150106443 | AUTOMATED MOBILE POSITIONAL SOCIAL MEDIA METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method, system, and apparatus for sharing locations and/or activities of a user participating in a social networking service. User information about a destination is received and automatically associated with the destination. The user information is automatically shared in the social networking service upon further user arrivals at the destination prior to receiving any additional user information. | 04-16-2015 |
20150106448 | AUTOMATED MOBILE POSITIONAL SOCIAL MEDIA METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method, system, and/or apparatus for automatically tracking a mobile user using the user's mobile device. This invention is particularly useful in the field of social media, such as for detecting and tracking the location and activity of a user and her community. The method or implementing software application uses or relies upon location information available on the mobile device from any source, such as cell phone usage and/or other device applications. The social media system automatically determines a location type and/or user activity from context information. The context information can include current and past location and user and/or community information, time-dependent information, and third party information. The location activities can be presented to the community using pictograms selected to represent user activities. | 04-16-2015 |
20150106449 | AUTOMATED MOBILE POSITIONAL SOCIAL MEDIA METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method, system, and/or apparatus for automatically tracking a mobile user using the user's mobile device. This invention is particularly useful in the field of social media, such as for detecting and tracking the location and activity of a user and her community. The method or implementing software application uses or relies upon location information available on the mobile device from any source, such as cell phone usage and/or other device applications. The social media system automatically determines a location type and/or user activity from context information. The context information can include current and past location and user and/or community information, time-dependent information, and third party information. The location activities can be presented to the community using pictograms selected to represent user activities. | 04-16-2015 |
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20080235147 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATION OF SHIPPING FROM MULTIPLE MERCHANDISE VENDORS - The invention relates to an improved system and method for providing a service that coordinates shipping from a plurality of merchandise vendors by combining the shipping requirements from a plurality of physical locations into one transaction. The present invention coordinates shipping from a plurality of merchandise vendors in order to streamline shipping, allowing shippers to make fewer trips by combining deliveries, thus reducing costs. In addition, this invention enables separating the cost of shipping from the cost of the product, allowing the consumer to be concerned solely with the product quality and price. | 09-25-2008 |
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20120031505 | IRRIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods for providing irrigation to plants are provided. The system generally includes a fluid distribution structure having a barrier layer and a hydrophilic layer. The fluid distribution structure can additionally include a plurality of channels. Each channel can be associated with a non-woven material or other volume providing element overlayed by a filter layer. A fluid supply tube may be provided at a first end of the fluid distribution structure, and a drainage tube may be disposed along a second end of the fluid distribution structure. Where the fluid distribution structure includes channels, a supply tube and a drainage tube, the channels generally extend between the supply tube and the drainage tube. Fluid collected by the drainage tube can be recirculated to the supply tube, or can be collected or disposed of. | 02-09-2012 |
20120085813 | RETAIL BOXES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RETAIL BOXES - The present disclosure is directed to a retail box and a method of making a retail box. Retail boxes in accordance with the present disclosure can be manufactured beginning with a moisture impermeable paper or substrate, which is rolled on a core. Two halves of the box, or “half-boxes,” are first produced, and then brought together to form a complete box. The corners of the complete box can be sealed with a caulk or other sealing material to form a moisture impermeable container. | 04-12-2012 |
20140158572 | Wound Care Dressing - The present invention relates to a wound care dressing and package assembly. The assembly includes a first package substrate or layer to which a wound care dressing is attached. The wound care dressing includes a backing layer and a contact layer. A release structure is in contact with the contact layer on a side of the contact layer opposite the wound care dressing. The release structure is supported by a second package substrate or layer. A seal interconnects the first and second package layers, forming a sealed volume in which at least the wound care dressing and the release structure is contained. The wound care dressing advantageously releases from the backing layer at low forces, e.g., less than about 1N/linear inch. | 06-12-2014 |
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20100207626 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE ARRANGEMENT FOR MEASURING MAGNETIC FIELD CORRELATION - Methods, systems, software arrangements and storage medium for measuring the magnetic field correlation function (“MFC”), and more particularly, to methods for measuring the magnetic field correlation function utilizing asymmetric spin echoes. Asymmetric Dual Spin Echo Sequences (“ADSE”) and Echo Planar Imaging Asymmetric Dual Spin Echo Sequences (“EPI-ADSE”) may be employed to apply multiple echoes to a sample and acquire data from which the MFC may be determined. | 08-19-2010 |
20120002851 | System, Method and Computer Accessible Medium for Providing Real-Time Diffusional Kurtosis Imaging and for Facilitating Estimation of Tensors and Tensor- Derived Measures in Diffusional Kurtosis Imaging - Exemplary method, system, and computer-accessible medium can be provided for determining a measure of diffusional kurtosis by receiving data relating to at least one diffusion weighted image, and determining a measure of a diffusional kurtosis as a function of the received data using a closed form solution procedure. In accordance with certain exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, provided herein are computer-accessible medium, systems and methods for, e.g., imaging in an MRI system, and, more particularly for facilitating estimation of tensors and tensor-derived measures in diffusional kurtosis imaging (DKI). For example, DKI can facilitate a characterization of non-Gaussian diffusion of water molecules in biological tissues. The diffusion and kurtosis tensors parameterizing the DKI model can typically be estimated via unconstrained least squares (LS) methods. In the presence of noise, motion, and imaging artifacts, these methods can be prone to producing physically and/or biologically implausible tensor estimates. The exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure can address at least this deficiency by formulating an exemplary estimation problem, e.g., as linearly constrained linear LS, where the constraints can ensure acceptable tensor estimates. | 01-05-2012 |
20150055845 | System, Method and Computer Accessible Medium for Providing Real-Time Diffusional Kurtosis Imaging and for Facilitating Estimation of Tensors and Tensor- Derived Measures in Diffusional Kurtosis Imaging - Exemplary method, system, and computer-accessible medium can be provided for determining a measure of diffusional kurtosis by receiving data relating to at least one diffusion weighted image, and determining a measure of a diffusional kurtosis as a function of the received data using a closed form solution procedure. In accordance with certain exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, provided herein are computer-accessible medium, systems and methods for, e.g., imaging in an MRI system, and, more particularly for facilitating estimation of tensors and tensor-derived measures in diffusional kurtosis imaging (DKI). For example, DKI can facilitate a characterization of non-Gaussian diffusion of water molecules in biological tissues. The diffusion and kurtosis tensors parameterizing the DKI model can typically be estimated via unconstrained least squares (LS) methods. In the presence of noise, motion, and imaging artifacts, these methods can be prone to producing physically and/or biologically implausible tensor estimates. The exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure can address at least this deficiency by formulating an exemplary estimation problem, e.g., as linearly constrained linear LS, where the constraints can ensure acceptable tensor estimates. | 02-26-2015 |
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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. | 11-21-2013 |
20140172466 | Shared Medical Data Platform for Insurance Underwriting - Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for implementing a shared medical data platform are provided. A shared medical data platform may be implemented by effecting processing of a medical file to generate a medical report. Data regarding the medical report is distributed to a plurality of insurance underwriters, wherein the data is used to facilitate a bidding or quotation process between the plurality of insurance underwriters to offer insurance underwriting services to a client associated with the medical report. A fee is determined for effecting processing of the medical file, and payment of the fee by at least one of the plurality of insurance underwriters is facilitated based on whether the bidding or quotation process results in an offer of insurance underwriting services to the client associated with the medical report. | 06-19-2014 |
20140358582 | Method for Generating a Selected Pool of Underwritten Insurance Policies - Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for generating a selected pool of underwritten insurance policies are provided. A normative risk element associated with data in a plurality of normalized medical reports is identified. A magnitude of the normative risk element is determined for each of the plurality of normalized medical reports. A plurality of risk performance standards are generated that correlate with the magnitude of the normative risk element for each of the plurality of medical reports, and a plurality of underwritten insurance policies are selected based on the plurality of risk performance standards or metrics, wherein the plurality of underwritten insurance policies comprise one of a synthetic or engineered pool of underwritten insurance policies. | 12-04-2014 |
20150081319 | Method for Evaluating Medical Condition Insurability Risk - Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for evaluating medical condition insurability risk are provided. A digital communication including an indication of a medical condition associated with an individual is received. A presumptive medical condition risk score is generated for the individual based on the indication of the medical condition and presumptive medical condition risk criteria. One or more medical records associated with the individual are retrieved via a data storage device. A composite medical condition risk score for the individual is generated based on the one or more medical records, and a correlation between the presumptive medical condition risk score and the composite medical condition risk score is determined. | 03-19-2015 |