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20130006717 | EVALUATING A WORKER IN PERFORMING CROWD SOURCED TASKS AND PROVIDING IN-TASK TRAINING THROUGH PROGRAMMATICALLY GENERATED TEST TASKS - Systems and methods for evaluating a worker in performing crowd sourced tasks and providing in-task training are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, for selecting a job distributed through a job distribution platform for workers to work on, for use to generate a test task, the job being associated with a known correct result, associating a manipulated result, known to be an incorrect result for the job, with the job to generate the test task, and/or presenting the job with the manipulated result as the test task to a worker for evaluation of work quality of the worker. The job distribution platform crowd sources tasks online to workers to work on via their respective computing devices. | 01-03-2013 |
20130231969 | ADAPTIVE WORKFLOW DEFINITION OF CROWD SOURCED TASKS AND QUALITY CONTROL MECHANISMS FOR MULTIPLE BUSINESS APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods of adaptive workflow definition of crowd sourced tasks and quality control mechanisms for multiple business applications are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, for generating and distributing tasks to workers to optimize product categorization in an online marketplace, generating and distributing tasks to workers for search engine optimization of a website, and/or generating and distributing tasks to workers for business data verification and enhancement. Results can be aggregated from multiple workers to enhance or improve site information, site organization, or other business information to improve site placement in search results and/or to enhance/improve user experience. | 09-05-2013 |
20140039985 | EVALUATING A WORKER IN PERFORMING CROWD SOURCED TASKS AND PROVIDING IN-TASK TRAINING THROUGH PROGRAMMATICALLY GENERATED TEST TASKS - Systems and methods for evaluating a worker in performing crowd sourced tasks and providing in-task training are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, for selecting a job distributed through a job distribution platform for workers to work on, for use to generate a test task, the job being associated with a known correct result, associating a manipulated result, known to be an incorrect result for the job, with the job to generate the test task, and/or presenting the job with the manipulated result as the test task to a worker for evaluation of work quality of the worker. The job distribution platform crowd sources tasks online to workers to work on via their respective computing devices. | 02-06-2014 |
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20130030870 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION OF USED VEHICLE PRICING DATA - Systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, and display of data for used vehicles are disclosed. Historical transaction data for used vehicles may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data, where this determined pricing data may be associated with a particular configuration of a vehicle. The user can then be presented with an interface pertinent to the vehicle configuration utilizing the aggregated data set or the associated determined data where the user can make a variety of determinations. This interface may, for example, be configured to present the historical transaction data visually, with the pricing data such as a trade-in price, a list price, an expected sale price or range of sale prices, market low sale price, market average sale price, market high sale price, etc. presented relative to the historical transaction data. | 01-31-2013 |
20130117067 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DEMAND-WEIGHTED SELECTION OF SALES OUTLETS - In embodiments disclosed herein, a computer may operate to determine, for each member in a set and each non-member under consideration for the set, an expected revenue to be passed to a parent organization. The expected revenue may be determined utilizing a plurality of weighted features. Members in the set may be ranked according to their expected revenues. Top performing members in the set may be protected to ensure their expected revenues. Bottom performing members may be removed from the set and/or replaced with new members outside of geographical protective areas of the top performing members. The optimization process can be repeated until the set of members can satisfy an existing demand while maximizing revenue for the parent organization. | 05-09-2013 |
20130304571 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR VARYING AFFILIATE POSITION DISPLAYED BY INTERMEDIARY - Endogenous and exogenous variables associated with an item for sale by an affiliate may be displayed to a user of an affiliate decision-making tool. In response to the user selecting one of the endogenous variables, the affiliate decision-making tool may compute a number of introductions, a number of leads, and a number of sales for each of a plurality of possible values of the endogenous variable. The computation may be done utilizing a display position algorithm. A visualization of effects of setting the endogenous variable at different levels may be presented. The user may interact with the display position algorithm to vary one or more of the plurality of possible values of the endogenous variable such that the affiliate is eligible or disqualified to be displayed by an intermediary in response to a search for the item by a visitor of a network site owned and operated by the intermediary. | 11-14-2013 |
20140089046 | System, Method and Computer Program Product for Demand-Weighted Selection of Sales Outlets - In embodiments disclosed herein, a computer may operate to determine, for each member in a set and each non-member under consideration for the set, an expected revenue to be passed to an organization. The expected revenue may be determined utilizing a plurality of weighted features. Members in the set may be ranked according to their expected revenues. Top performing members in the set may be protected to ensure their expected revenues. Bottom performing members may be removed from the set and/or replaced with new members outside of geographical protective areas of the top performing members. The optimization process can be repeated until the set of members can satisfy an existing demand and/or revenue for the organization is maximized. | 03-27-2014 |
20140114726 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION OF USED VEHICLE PRICING DATA - Systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, and display of data for used vehicles are disclosed. Historical transaction data for used vehicles may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data, where this determined pricing data may be associated with a particular configuration of a vehicle. The user can then be presented with an interface pertinent to the vehicle configuration utilizing the aggregated data set or the associated determined data where the user can make a variety of determinations. This interface may, for example, be configured to present the historical transaction data visually, with the pricing data such as a trade-in price, a list price, an expected sale price or range of sale prices, market low sale price, market average sale price, market high sale price, etc. presented relative to the historical transaction data. | 04-24-2014 |
20140214696 | Wholesale/Trade-In Pricing System, Method and Computer Program Product Therefor - Systems, methods and computer program products that determine wholesale prices for durable goods such as used vehicles. In one embodiment, a system includes a computer processor, a network interface, a data storage device, and an output device. The system collects and stores, via the network interface, historical sales information from external data sources. A retail price for a target vehicle is determined based on the collected information. Condition information for the vehicle is collected and used to adjust the retail price to arrive at a wholesale price, which is output to a user. The system may also adjust the price based on repair costs associated with identified vehicle conditions. The system may collect cost information associated with a wholesale sale transaction and deduct these costs and a profit margin from the wholesale price to produce a trade-in price. | 07-31-2014 |
20140279263 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PRODUCT RECOMMENDATIONS - Systems, methods and computer program products for providing recommendations to consumers, where the recommendations are based on determinations of similarity between desired products and recommended products. In one embodiment, a system includes a server computer coupled to a network and a data store. The server computer receives from client devices user input that identifies the characteristics of a desired product. The data store contains a plurality of product listings. For each of a set of these listings, the server computer identifies characteristics of the listed product, and compares characteristics of the listed product to characteristics of the desired product. The server computer determines similarity measures for the individual characteristics, and determines an overall similarity score for the listed product based on the similarity measures for the individual characteristics. The server computer orders the listed products based on the similarity scores, and provides a recommendation output to the user. | 09-18-2014 |
20150134422 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR VARYING AFFILIATE POSITIONDISPLAYED BY INTERMEDIARY - Endogenous and exogenous variables associated with an item for sale by an affiliate may be displayed to a user of an affiliate decision-making tool. In response to the user selecting one of the endogenous variables, the affiliate decision-making tool may compute a number of introductions, a number of leads, and a number of sales for each of a plurality of possible values of the endogenous variable. The computation may be done utilizing a display position algorithm. A visualization of effects of setting the endogenous variable at different levels may be presented. The user may interact with the display position algorithm to vary one or more of the plurality of possible values of the endogenous variable such that the affiliate is eligible or disqualified to be displayed by an intermediary in response to a search for the item by a visitor of a network site owned and operated by the intermediary. | 05-14-2015 |
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20100087457 | DOSAGES AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER - In general, the invention relates to a pharmaceutical dose having (4-Methoxy-phenyl)-methyl-(2-methyl-quinazolin-4-yl)-amine hydrochloride as the active ingredient that upon administration to a subject provides a C | 04-08-2010 |
20100087458 | METHOD OF TREATING MELANOMA - Disclosed is (4-Methoxy-phenyl)-methyl-(2-methyl-quinazolin-4-yl)-amine hydrochloride effective as a cytotoxic agent. (4-Methoxy-phenyl)-methyl-(2-methyl-quinazolin-4-yl)-amine hydrochloride is useful in the treatment of a variety of clinical conditions in which uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells occurs, and in particular to its use in treating melanoma. | 04-08-2010 |
20100093773 | METHODS OF TREATING CANCER - Disclosed is (4-Methoxy-phenyl)-methyl-(2-methyl-quinazolin-4-yl)-amine hydrochloride effective as a vascular disrupting agent. (4-Methoxy-phenyl)-methyl-(2-methyl-quinazolin-4-yl)-amine hydrochloride is useful in the treatment of a variety of clinical conditions in which uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells occurs, and in particular to its use in treating cancer. | 04-15-2010 |
20100129470 | METHOD OF TREATING BRAIN CANCER - Disclosed is (4-Methoxy-phenyl)-methyl-(2-methyl-quinazolin-4-yl)-amine hydrochloride effective as a cytotoxic agent. (4-Methoxy-phenyl)-methyl-(2-methyl-quinazolin-4-yl)-amine hydrochloride is useful in the treatment of a variety of clinical conditions in which uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells occurs, and in particular to its use in treating brain cancer. | 05-27-2010 |
20100137342 | METHODS FOR TREATING VASCULAR DISRUPTION DISORDERS - Disclosed is (4-Methoxy-phenyl)-methyl-(2-methyl-quinazolin-4-yl)-amine hydrochloride effective as a vascular disrupting agent. (4-Methoxy-phenyl)-methyl-(2-methyl-quinazolin-4-yl)-amine hydrochloride is useful in the treatment of a variety of clinical conditions that are responsive to disruption of the vascular system, and in particular to its use in treating vascular macular degeneration. | 06-03-2010 |
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20100015833 | HIGH DENSITY SPRING CONTACT CONNECTOR - A densely populated micro miniature connector includes a plug and a receptacle configured to securely mate with each other. Connector plugs include an insert assembly having at least one double-ended pin, a housing, and a coupling ring. Connector receptacles include an insert assembly having at least one spring probe and a housing. The double-ended pin contacts the spring probe when the plug and the receptacle are connected. | 01-21-2010 |
20100230572 | Adjustable Length Lanyard - An adjustment assembly to quickly and efficiently adjust the length of a lanyard used in conjunction with aircraft umbilical connector release mechanisms. The lanyard cable includes at least two retaining mechanisms spaced apart thereon. The adjustment assembly includes a cam portion that retains one of the retaining mechanisms when in the locked position, and allows movement of the retaining mechanisms through the adjustment assembly when in the released position. The cable length can be adjusted when in the released position. | 09-16-2010 |
20100294117 | Lanyard Connector - Lanyard connectors for release of an ordinance are provided. The lanyard connectors include a coupling sleeve and locking ring movable between a first position and a second position. The lanyard connectors also include a latching spring and a reset spring. The latching spring is partially disposed within a groove in the locking ring in the first position, and removed from the groove in the second position. The reset spring is held in place by a connector cover and interfaces with a second groove in the locking ring. The reset spring is compressed in the second position. The lanyard connectors allow for release of an ordinance receptacle when in the second position. Methods of using the connectors are also provided. | 11-25-2010 |
20150050078 | NON-EXPLOSIVE TENSION RELEASE ACTUATOR - A non-explosive tension release actuation device includes an initiator system and a housing base attached to the initiator system. The device also includes a carriage assembly positioned at least partially within the housing base. The carriage assembly includes a carriage unit, a first jaw, a second jaw, a first rocker arm, and a second rocker arm. The first rocker arm and the second rocker arm are attached to the carriage unit and to the initiator system. The device further includes a load attachment unit positioned at least partially within the carriage unit and between the first jaw and the second jaw. The first jaw and the second jaw are configured to swing away from the load attachment unit in response to a downward motion of the carriage unit relative to the housing base. | 02-19-2015 |