Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100225954 | JOB SCHEDULE GENERATION - In some embodiments, job schedules are generated from an answer set or a derivative thereof at least by executing an answer-set program, the answer set including a set of constraints, and the answer-set program indicating, among other things, a set of jobs. The job schedules are stored in a processor-accessible memory system. | 09-09-2010 |
20110066630 | MULTIMEDIA OBJECT RETRIEVAL FROM NATURAL LANGUAGE QUERIES - A method for identifying multi-media assets from a multi-media collection, and the method implemented at least in part by a data processing system and comprising the steps of: receiving a search query, the search query, or a derivative thereof, including a possessive phrase, wherein the possessive phrase includes a possessor and a possession category; identifying a denoted object referred to by the possessive phrase using a predefined relationship database that establishes social relationships between objects; identifying one or more additional possessors of the denoted object using the predefined relationship database; generating one or more additional possessive phrases for the denoted objects relating the identified additional possessors to the denoted object; and identifying one or more multi-media assets from the multi-media collection containing the denoted object responsive to the one or more additional possessive phrases. | 03-17-2011 |
20120117100 | MULTIMEDIA OBJECT RETRIEVAL FROM NATURAL LANGUAGE QUERIES - A method for identifying multi-media assets from a multi-media collection, and the method implemented at least in part by a data processing system and comprising the steps of: receiving a search query, the search query, or a derivative thereof, including a possessive phrase, wherein the possessive phrase includes a possessor and a possession category; identifying a denoted object referred to by the possessive phrase using a predefined relationship database that establishes social relationships between objects; identifying one or more additional possessors of the denoted object using the predefined relationship database; generating one or more additional possessive phrases for the denoted objects relating the identified additional possessors to the denoted object; and identifying one or more multi-media assets from the multi-media collection containing the denoted object responsive to the one or more additional possessive phrases. | 05-10-2012 |
20140214474 | AGGREGATION OF CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS - A method is disclosed for aggregating multiple customer quoting requirements and selecting appropriate production entities for product production and distribution. The method includes receiving data from a network of production entities, including at least production and distribution pricing grids; and receiving quoting requirements from a plurality of customers including at least product volumes, product specifications, and delivery time for producing and distributing a plurality of customer designated products. The method further includes using a processor and the multiple customer quoting requirements and at least the production and distribution pricing grids from the one or more production entities to produce one or more aggregations of customer orders that satisfy the customer quoting requirements and to concurrently select at least one production entity capable of fulfilling a selected aggregation based on at least one selection criterion and sending quotes to the multiple customers using the selected at least one production entity. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214487 | AGGREGATION OF MEDIA PRODUCT PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION - A method is disclosed for aggregating media product production and distribution responsive to demand fluctuations. The methods uses a communication network to send the one or more aggregations including a quoting deadline to the subset of production entities selected from the production entity network if the current one or more scores are within a pre-established threshold or holding the one or more aggregations until additional quoting requirements are received before the current quoting deadlines have elapsed. The methods also uses the communication network to receive quotes from the subset of production entities selected from the production entity network, using the processor to calculate customer pricing for the production and distribution of customer designated media products from the received quotes, and using the communication network to send the calculated customer prices to the plurality of customers before the quoting deadline has elapsed. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214580 | ACTIVATION OF MEDIA PRODUCT AGGREGATION USING ORDER HISTORY - A method is disclosed for aggregating multiple customer quoting requirements for product production and distribution to select appropriate production entities. The method includes receiving data from a network of production entities, including production and distribution pricing grids; receiving quoting requirements from a plurality of customers for producing and distributing a plurality of customer designated products that include quoting deadlines; and storing historic information related to the timing and customer requirements of prior completed customer quotes. The method further includes using a processor to aggregate multiple customer quoting requirements by simultaneously using at least the production and distribution pricing grids from the one or more production entities, the customer quoting requirements and the stored historic information to determine if the quoting requirements should be aggregated now or in the future. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214581 | PRODUCTION CAPACITY MANAGEMENT IN MEDIA PRODUCT AGGREGATION SYSTEMS - A method is disclosed for managing production capacity. The method includes calculating a baseline of aggregated media product volumes and an associated target cost; using a processor to determine if the current volume of received quoting requirements will produce the baseline of aggregated media product volumes; and calculating adjusted target cost estimates. The method further includes using the communication network to send the quoting requirements and the calculated target cost estimates to a subset of the network of production entities; receiving actual cost estimates based on the calculated target cost estimates from the subset of the network of production entities; calculating customer prices for the plurality of customers for producing and distributing customer designated media products based on the received actual cost estimates; and using the communication network to provide customer prices to plurality of customers for producing and distributing customer designated media products. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214582 | ADJUSTING A CUSTOMER CATALOG FOR ORDERING VISUAL MEDIA PRODUCTS - A method is disclosed for adjusting a customer catalog for the production and distribution of visual media products based on system capacity. The method includes using a communication network to receive data including production pricing grids, distribution pricing grids, and production capacity thresholds from a network of visual media production entities; and receiving quoting requirements from a plurality of customers for producing and distributing visual media products selected from an on-line catalog. The method further includes using a processor to calculate system capacity, an aggregation of customer orders, and initial customer pricing for the aggregation; calculating adjusted pricing based upon system capacity; and updating the catalog with the adjusted pricing. | 07-31-2014 |