Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120296840 | INTERACTIVE GRAPHICAL TOOL FOR DESIGNING PRODUCT PARAMETERS - Interactive graphical tool for designing product parameters where an initial correspondence between a number of product characteristics is displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI) pane. The form or the position, or both form and position, of the initial correspondence are changed in response to a user manipulation to a GUI control associated with the correspondence. One or more values of the number of characteristics are customized in response to the visual change of the correspondence between the product characteristics. | 11-22-2012 |
20120310704 | COMPUTING MARKETING SCENARIOS BASED ON MARKET CHARACTERISTICS - A technique for determining and presenting marketing scenarios based on market characteristics are described herein. The technique includes receiving data regarding market environment and an expected change in the market environment. A number of market characteristics are calculated based on the collected data for a number of alternative marketing scenarios for addressing the change. A number of graphical objects corresponding to the marketing scenarios are displayed in a coordinate system to show correlation between a number of selected market characteristics. A number of additional components are assigned to the graphical objects to indicate additional characteristics of the presented marketing scenarios. | 12-06-2012 |
20130079938 | CUSTOMER SEGMENTATION BASED ON SMART METER DATA - A method and system to determine customer segmentation based on energy consumption patterns is provided. An example system includes a communications module, a clustering module, and a matching module. The communications module obtains energy consumption data in the form of a plurality of value days. The clustering module groups the value days associated with a certain period of time into a set of clusters. The matching module identifies a customer profile as associated with a cluster from the set of clusters based on results of examining value days associated with the customer profile. | 03-28-2013 |
20130080210 | ENERGY BENCHMARKING ANALYTICS - A benchmarking computing application is configured to create a benchmark run for a segment of customer profiles. Customer profiles from the segment include a parameter, termed an adjustment parameter, that may affect energy consumption by the associated customer. The results of the benchmark run include energy consumption values for individual customer profiles in the segment, an average energy consumption value for the entire segment of customer profiles, and also adjustment energy consumption value. The adjustment energy consumption value reflects the portion of energy consumption by a particular customer attributed to the difference between the average value of the adjustment parameter for the segment and the value of the adjustment parameter for the particular customer profile. | 03-28-2013 |
20130147828 | Arranged Display of Data Associated with a Set of Time Periods - In an embodiment, a method of providing an arranged display of data associated with a set of time periods is presented. In this method, values of a first data type are accessed, the values being observed during each of multiple time periods. An order for the time periods is determined based on the values of the first data type. A selectable region for each of the time periods is displayed, the regions being arranged according to the order. In response to a user selection of one of the selectable regions, a value of a second data type is displayed, the value of the second data type being observed during the time period of the selected one of the selectable regions. | 06-13-2013 |
20130297436 | Customer Value Scoring Based on Social Contact Information - Example systems and methods of customer value scoring based on social contact information are presented. In one example, a spending amount by a first user at an online commerce system is determined. Other users of the online commerce system that are affiliated with the first user are identified. A spending amount by each of the other users at the online commerce system is also determined. The spending amounts of the other users are weighted. A user value score for the first user is calculated based on the spending amount of the first user and weighted spending amounts of the other users. | 11-07-2013 |
20130316779 | Predictive Analytics for Targeted Player Engagement in a Gaming System - A gaming system may include an event filter to identify players as targets for engagement. The player may be modeled to predict what they might do under a given situation. One or more engagement actions may be developed based at least on the player's predicted behaviour. The player is then engaged in accordance with the engagement actions. Results from engagements with many players may be assessed and the gaming system may be adjusted according to the assessment. | 11-28-2013 |
20130316795 | Predictive Analysis Based on Player Segmentation - A game system identifies players in a game. A player model may be provided that predicts whether or not an identified player is going to make a payment. Additional player models may be provided that predict whether or not a player is going to make a payment for specific virtual items in the game. The game system may engage the identified player based on the virtual items the player is predicted to make payments on. | 11-28-2013 |
20130316834 | Artificial Intelligence Avatar to Engage Players During Game Play - A gaming system may include an event filter to identify a player as a target for engagement. The gaming system may engage the player in a dialogue with a non-player character to conduct a discussion with the player relating to the events that resulted in engaging the player. In some embodiments, the dialogue may include a pre-event game analysis. The dialogue may include recommendations or suggestions for improving the player's performance, and may include offering virtual game items to the player. | 11-28-2013 |
20130316836 | Player Segmentation Based on Predicted Player Interaction Score - A gaming system identifies players in a game. A player interaction score may be computed for an identified player. One or more engagement actions may be generated based on the player interaction score. The gaming system may engage the identified player according to the one or more engagement actions. In some embodiments, the player interaction score may be used to categorize the identified player in a player segment, which in turn may be used as a basis for generating engagement actions. | 11-28-2013 |
20130339108 | MANAGING DEMAND CHARGE TARIFFS FOR ELECTRIC POWER - A method for demand charge management at public charging stations may be provided. The method may comprise collecting information related to electric vehicle (EV) charging from a plurality of interested parties by an infrastructure service cloud, computing charge rate offers based on the collected information by the infrastructure service cloud, transmitting the computed charge rate offers to a driver of an EV by the infrastructure service cloud, and reserving a charge spot for the driver using the infrastructure service when the driver accepts an offer. | 12-19-2013 |