Auxiliary content not associated with programming content is provided to a content presentation device (302, 404) by at least one content provider (402). Similarly, programming content comprising detectable indicia (107, 307, 309) is likewise provided by at least one content provider to the content presentation device. Prior to or during output of the programming content to a user, the content presentation device detects at least one detectable indicia in the programming content and inserts at least a portion of the previously received auxiliary (304) content into the programming content (100). The auxiliary content may be filtered according to user information and selected for insertion into the programming content based on insertion criteria (506). Both the auxiliary and programming content may be provided by a single content provider or each may be provided by a different content provider. Because the content presentation device handles insertion of auxiliary content into programming content, more targeted presentation of auxiliary content is possible.
H04N 7/173 - Systèmes à secret analogiques; Systèmes à abonnement analogiques à deux voies, p.ex. l'abonné envoyant un signal de sélection du programme
H04N 7/24 - Systèmes pour la transmission de signaux de télévision utilisant la modulation par impulsions codées
Biographic data associated with a user is received. Biometric data associated with the user is also received. External data associated with the biographic data and the biometric data is received and a determination is made as to a level of access to grant the user based on the external data. One or more settings associated with a smartcard are configured based on the level of access.
A classification algorithm is separated into one or more input-invariant parts and one or more input-dependent classification parts. The input-invariant parts of the classification algorithm capture the underlying and unchanging relationships between the plurality of data elements being operated upon by the classification algorithm, whereas the one or more classification parts embody the probabilistic labeling of the data elements according to the various classifications. For any given iteration, a user's input is used to modify at least one classification part of the algorithm. Recalculated classification parts (i.e., updated classification results) are determined based on computationally simple combinations of the one or more modified classification parts and the one or more input-invariant parts. Preferably, a graphical user interface is used to solicit user input. In this manner, wait times between user feedback iterations can be dramatically reduced, thereby making application of active learning to classification tasks a practical reality.
Image analysis techniques, including object recognition analysis, are applied to images obtained by one or more image capture devices deployed within inventory environments. The object recognition analysis provides object recognition data (that may include one or more recognized product instances) based on stored product (training) images, hi turn, a variety of functionalities may be enabled based on the object recognition data. For example, a planogram may be extracted and compared to a target planogram, or at least one product display parameter for a product can be determined and used to assess presence of the product within the inventory environment, or to determine compliance of display of the product with a promotional objective. In yet another embodiment, comparisons may be made within a single image or between multiple images over time to detect potential conditions requiring response. In this manner, efficiency and effectiveness of many previously manually-implemented tasks may be improved.
Image analysis techniques, including object recognition analysis, are applied to images obtained by one or more image capture devices deployed within inventory environments. The object recognition analysis provides object recognition data (that may include one or more recognized product instances) based on stored product (training) images. In turn, a variety of functionalities may be enabled based on the object recognition data. For example, a planogram may be extracted and compared to a target planogram, or at least one product display parameter for a product can be determined and used to assess presence of the product within the inventory environment, or to determine compliance of display of the product with a promotional objective. In yet another embodiment, comparisons may be made within a single image or between multiple images over time to detect potential conditions requiring response. In this manner, efficiency and effectiveness of many previously manually-implemented tasks may be improved.
Image analysis techniques, including object recognition analysis, are applied to images obtained by one or more image capture devices deployed within inventory environments. The object recognition analysis provides object recognition data (that may include one or more recognized product instances) based on stored product (training) images. In turn, a variety of functionalities may be enabled based on the object recognition data. For example, a planogram may be extracted and compared to a target planogram, or at least one product display parameter for a product can be determined and used to assess presence of the product within the inventory environment, or to determine compliance of display of the product with a promotional objective. In yet another embodiment, comparisons may be made within a single image or between multiple images over time to detect potential conditions requiring response. In this manner, efficiency and effectiveness of many previously manually-implemented tasks may be improved.
Image analysis techniques, including object recognition analysis, are applied to images obtained by one or more image capture devices deployed within inventory environments. The object recognition analysis provides object recognition data (thai may include one or more recognized product instances) based on stored product (training) images. In turn, a variety of functionalities may be enabled based on the object recognition data. For example, a planogram may be extracted and compared to a target planogram, or at least one product display parameter for a product can be determined and used to assess presence of the product within the inventory environment, or to determine compliance of display of the product with a promotional objective. In yet another embodiment, comparisons may be made within a single image or between multiple images over time to detect potential conditions requiring response. In this manner, efficiency and effectiveness of many previously manually-implemented tasks may be improved.
G06K 9/64 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la reconnaissance utilisant des moyens électroniques utilisant des comparaisons ou corrélations simultanées de signaux images avec une pluralité de références, p.ex. matrice de résistances
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes receiving an indication that a passenger is boarding a carrier for a first segment of a travel itinerary, determining an amount of travel reward points to associate with the first segment, and outputting, at a time substantially concurrent with the boarding of the carrier for the first segment, the amount of the travel reward points to a travel reward system so that the travel reward points are available for redemption by the passenger on a second segment of the travel itinerary.
The Agent Communication Toolbox (ACT) eliminates the burdens to call center managers of manually distributing desk drops and following up with call center agents to determine whether the agents have accessed the desk drops and completed related training. ACT provides distributed communications to the desktop of a call center agent. ACT records access, testing and training by call center agents and produces reports that indicate the understanding and content comprehension of call center agents. ACT provides real-time coaching to call center agents to improve call center agent knowledge, increase first call resolution and the quality of responses provided by the call center agent. ACT also intelligently routes communications based on the location and skills of the call center agent, reducing the volume of communications and network bandwidth requirements.
H04M 3/523 - Dispositions centralisées de réponse aux appels demandant l'intervention d'un opérateur avec répartition ou mise en file d'attente des appels
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a process that includes receiving, during a computer programming process for a software program, a specification of a software module having a defined functionality for use by the software program. The software module is stored in a central repository having different versions of the software module. The process also includes compiling the software program. The compilation initiates steps including filtering versions of the software module that do not meet the specification. The specification corresponds to more than one version of the software module. The steps also include selecting, from versions that have not been filtered out, a version of the software module. The selection is based on one or more predetermined rules. The process also includes returning the selected version of the software module for local storage with the software program.
Embodiments of the invention provide apparatuses, computer media, and methods for obtaining a rule component from a legacy application and subsequently generating an intermediate state expression from a legacy rule of the rule component. The intermediate state expression is converted to a target rule, which is utilized by the target application. Also, a data component is obtained from the legacy application, and an intermediate data element is generated from a legacy data element. The intermediate data element is converted to a target data element that may be accessed by the target application when executing the target rule. A vocabulary item is extracted from the rule component. The vocabulary item is aggregated with the intermediate state expression to form the target rule. The target rule is subsequently deployed to the target application.
This invention relates to an automated method and system for establishing and implementing a performance-based logistics (PBL) contract. The automated system comprises a communication interface, an information module, a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business module, and a PBL framework data processing system. The information module is operable to collect PBL contract information. The MRO business module is operable to generate a predictive maintenance plan on the product subject to the PBL contract. The PBL framework data processing system is operable to establish and evaluate metrics based on the PBL contract information and the predictive maintenance plan. The PBL framework data processing system is operable to implement the PBL contract by using the predictive maintenance plan.
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A method for a user to advise related entities with respect to a consumer service of their contact details wherein the user submits data to a Contact Details Registration Service to register their use of the consumer service; the Contact Details Registration Service allocating the user with a unique identification indicia and transmitting same to the user for subsequent use in communications with the Contact Details Registration Service and/or any related entities of the consumer service registered with the Contact Details Registration Service; the data submitted by the user including their contact details and having at least an address to which correspondence is to be sent, the contact details being associated with the unique identification indicia of the user by the Contact Detail Registration Service and stored in a database; and the user's contact details being accessible to the consumer service, or related entities thereof, upon provision of the user's associated unique identification identifier to the Contact Details Registration Service database.
The present invention interconnects national postal systems to provide for international shipping capabilities through a global post. More particularly, the present invention provides end-to-end visibility and monitoring of shipped parcels and documents through coordinated and/or standardized tracking. Also, the invention provides for allocation between national posts of monies received for a shipment serviced by both initiating and destination posts. Certain embodiments of the invention provide digital archiving of shipped documents. Particular embodiments of the invention allow national posts to act as third-party payors through the global post for purchases from foreign manufacturers.
Disclosed herein are architectures and related processes and communication tools for enabling secure information sharing and post-merger integration planning during the regulatory review period of mergers and acquisitions. The disclosed embodiments include a secure information sharing architecture and related communication processes and tools for facilitating data flow from companies involved in a merger transaction into a quarantined center of a secure information sharing architecture while ensuring that information integrity is maintained in compliance with regulatory restrictions, and automated tools for allowing users to track and view the status of communications into and out of the quarantined center.
The invention concernsamethod for determining a calibration value indicating the extent of loss of calibration of a group of three or more sensors in a sensor network, the method involving receiving a plurality of data values captured over a period of time by each of the sensors, determining by a processing unit (404) at least one correlation value associated with each sensor, each correlation value corresponding to the correlation between the data values captured by the associated sensor and the data values captured by at least one other sensor; extracting by a high pass filter (410) a noise component of the correlation values and outputting the calibration value determined based on the difference between the noise component and a reference noise value.
A method of validating results of a host search engine (50), the method including the steps of scanning all data objects deliverable via a web interface with a scanning engine (25) and executing a matching engine (35) to generate a report set containing content missed by the host search engine (50).
Predictive cost reduction based on a thermodynamic model, in which parameters associated with a process are accessed. The parameters include a quantity of units of work-in-process at first and second times, and first and second constants respectively indicative of growth between the first and second times, and of a translated reduction of the work-in-process to a reduction of cost. A thermodynamic model is applied to the accessed parameters, and a predictive cost reduction associated with an improvement of the process based on applying the thermodynamic model is output.
G06F 17/00 - TRAITEMENT ÉLECTRIQUE DE DONNÉES NUMÉRIQUES Équipement ou méthodes de traitement de données ou de calcul numérique, spécialement adaptés à des fonctions spécifiques
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a process for processing travel transactions without tickets. The process includes generating an electronic reservation record for a traveler that includes a reservation for travel along a travel segment and modifying the electronic reservation record to include a virtual ticket value that is unassociated with an electronic or physical ticket. The process also includes digitally transmitting the electronic reservation record having the virtual ticket value to a remote computing system that uses the electronic reservation record as exclusive evidence that the reservation has been confirmed for the traveler by a travel provider. For the process, the use of the electronic reservation record is exclusive of the presence or absence of any electronic or physical tickets.
G06Q 50/00 - Systèmes ou procédés spécialement adaptés à un secteur particulier d’activité économique, p.ex. aux services d’utilité publique ou au tourisme
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a system that includes a user interface to receive an electronic status change for an airline flight and an airline reservation system to determine whether at least one ancillary travel service associated with the airline flight should be modified based on the received electronic status change. The system includes a messaging interface to electronically transmit a request to modify the at least one ancillary travel service based on the electronic status change if the determination is made to modify the at least one ancillary travel service. The messaging interface further electronically transmits payment information to the travel service provider for use in crediting or debiting a payment associated with the at least one modified ancillary travel service. The payment information is associated with a customer that reserved the at least one ancillary travel service.
G06Q 50/00 - Systèmes ou procédés spécialement adaptés à un secteur particulier d’activité économique, p.ex. aux services d’utilité publique ou au tourisme
Generally, there is provided an airline operations computing system and graphical user interface features that enable users to plan and conduct airline or other types of transportation operations effectively and time efficiently, and in addition, to do so in the face of disruptions due to weather, sick crew members, aircraft in need of repair, and the like. For example, a method and computer program product are provided for scheduling a resource to a scheduled airline flight or other transportation operation. The scheduling of the resource involves receiving a user input that associates a visual display of a selected flight or other transport pairing with a visual display of a selected candidate resource. In addition, a user interface display is provided that includes a listing area and a schedule area for performing scheduling functions.
G06Q 50/00 - Systèmes ou procédés spécialement adaptés à un secteur particulier d’activité économique, p.ex. aux services d’utilité publique ou au tourisme
Generally, an airline operations computing system accomplishes rule checking in an efficient and useful manner and provides functionality that allows multiple different users to accomplish schedule changes in a manner that minimizes conflicts between different schedulers. In addition, an airline operations computing system includes a common rules engine that is used by multiple different optimizer and decision support systems of the airline operations computing system.
G06Q 50/00 - Systèmes ou procédés spécialement adaptés à un secteur particulier d’activité économique, p.ex. aux services d’utilité publique ou au tourisme
Generally, an airline operations computing system accomplishes rule checking in an efficient and useful manner and provides functionality that allows multiple different users to accomplish schedule changes in a manner that minimizes conflicts between different schedulers. In addition, an airline operations computing system includes a common rules engine that is used by multiple different optimizer and decision support systems of the airline operations computing system.
G06Q 50/00 - Systèmes ou procédés spécialement adaptés à un secteur particulier d’activité économique, p.ex. aux services d’utilité publique ou au tourisme
The invention concerns a method of accessing information using a wireless mobile device (1) having a display (3), and video capturing unit, the method comprising: establishing a video call with a remote server (6) such that said remote server receives video images captured by said mobile device during the video call; performing image recognition to identify at least one first object (4) in said captured video; and generating a signal for transmission to said mobile device, said signal comprising information relating to said first object.
G06K 9/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales
The invention concerns a method of controlling an electronic device (5) using a wireless mobile device (1) having a display (3), and video capturing unit (4), the method comprising successive steps of: establishing a video call between said mobile device and a remote server (6) such that said remote server receives video images captured by said mobile device; performing image recognition to identify an electronic device in said captured video; detecting motion of said video capturing unit; and transmitting a control signal to said electronic device based on the motion of the video capturing unit.
G08C 19/28 - Systèmes de transmission de signaux électriques dans lesquels la transmission est par impulsions utilisant un code d'impulsions
H04N 7/173 - Systèmes à secret analogiques; Systèmes à abonnement analogiques à deux voies, p.ex. l'abonné envoyant un signal de sélection du programme
The invention concerns a data anonymity measuring device for selectively transmitting an anonymised database to a third party comprising: calculation means (402) coupled to at least one memory, the memory storing an original database (204) and said anonymized database (206), said calculation means arranged to calculate the conditional entropy for each entry in said anonymized database based on entries in said original database; comparing means (406) arranged to compare at least one of said conditional entropies with a threshold value; and output means (410) arranged to transmit said anonymized database based on the result of said comparison.
A number inventory system is disclosed. The number inventory system manages the relationships between SIM cards, IMSI numbers, and MSISDN for a mobile telecommunications service provider. The number inventory system provides the software and hardware for receiving SIM card inventory data, including associated IMSI numbers, and efficiently stores the SIM card inventory data in a database. The number inventory system further provides for the opening of a range of available MSISDN. SIM cards, IMSI and MSISDN may be assigned to customer orders, and the number inventory system manages the associations between IMSI numbers and MSISDN and monitors the status of SIM cards, IMSI numbers and MSISDN. The number inventory system may also manage an MSISDN classification system for identifying MSISDN numbers having various desirable sequence characteristics.
G06Q 90/00 - Systèmes ou méthodes spécialement adaptés à des fins administratives, commerciales, financières, de gestion ou de surveillance, n'impliquant pas de traitement significatif de données
The inventive subject matter is generally directed to a cross channel optimization system, methods, and related software which provide for the conducting of experiments and/or optimization of digital content across a plurality of external content systems to user of the external content systems.
Apparatuses, computer media, and methods for analyzing credit and tax form data and determining a collections treatment type to collect revenue. A collections model is constructed to determine a collections score that is based on raw credit data and tax form data and is indicative of a debtor's propensity to pay an owed amount. The collections model includes score bands, each score band being associated with a range of credit scores. A collections score is determined from a scoring expression that is associated with a score band and that typically includes a subset of available raw credit data and tax form data. A collections treatment type is determined from a collections score. Each treatment type corresponds to a treatment action that is directed to the debtor. A collections model is constructed from historical tax data, in which score bands and scoring expressions are constructed for the collections model.
A method and system for digitally capturing polling data for one or more candidate options is provided wherein a voter is provided with a physical ballot form (3O), and ballot data is digitally captured by analysing a digital record to determine the location of one or more marks on the form, such as to associate them with corresponding one or more selected candidate options. The data may be captured using a digital pen (2) as the marks are made. A method and system for analysing such ballot data is also disclosed.
A Monte Carlo simulation is performed based on a simulation model comprising a plurality of input variables and at least one output variable. The Monte Carlo simulation generates a large number of scenarios, each comprising random input values and resulting output values for the input and output variables. The input and output values for each scenario are stored in a suitable storage component. A plurality of icons, uniquely corresponding to and representative of at least a portion of the scenarios, are displayed in accordance with a displayed output variable. At least one of the displayed icons is selectable causing the underlying input and output values to be displayed. The icons may be displayed in a histogram form comprising a plurality of columns and, preferably, within each column, the corresponding icons may be sorted according to similarity of the input values for each icon to a plurality of target input values.
The invention relates to a system and a method for monitoring the filling of remote forms (10) with at least one electronic writing means (11), with at least one mobile station (12) and with a monitoring station (13). The electronic writing means (11) is equipped to read information written by said writing means (11) on a surface of a form (10), wherein the surface preferably is structured to comprise at least one predefined area (14), (15), (16) covered with a positioning coding pattern. The writing means (11) particularly is further equipped to convert the read information into digital data and to send said digital data to the mobile station (12) with a first transceiver (20). The mobile station (12) includes output means (21) for generating an output, a second transceiver (22) for receiving data and for sending the digital data received to the monitoring station (13) preferably substantially immediately after their receipt or shortly after (such as within few seconds to few minutes). The monitoring station (13) includes a third transceiver (27) and processing means (28). When the third transceiver (27) receives the digital data sent from the second transceiver (22), the processing means (28), on the bases of said received digital data, monitors (particularly checks or verifies) that the form is correctly filled in and, if at least one of first predefined areas (14) of the form (10) is incorrectly filled in, the third transceiver (27) sends a notification to the mobile station (12), whose output means (21) generates an output after receiving said notification by the second transceiver (22).
Project information relating to a project is received, the project information identifying a project type, an authorized write entity, and an authorized approval entity, and a valid metric is selected based at least on the project type, the valid metric measuring an aspect of performance of the project. Base measures corresponding to the valid metric are received from the authorized write entity, the base measures further including periodic base measures corresponding to at least one metric period, and aperiodic base measures corresponding to an aperiodic incident, and the valid metric is calculated based on the base measures. The base measures are sorted into excluded base measures and non-excluded base measures, organizational baseline data is imported, and an organizational indicator is calculated based on the non-excluded base measures and the organizational baseline data.
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MOBILE PERSONAL SERVICES PLATFORM FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for generating feedback. In one aspect, a method includes receiving sensor data from a plurality of sensors, wherein at least one of the plurality of sensors is associated with a mobile device of a user; aggregating the received sensor data to generate aggregated sensor data; processing the aggregated sensor data to determine an aggregated metric; comparing the aggregated metric to a target associated with the user to determine a measure of performance; and generating feedback based on the determined measure of performance. Further, the mobile device can comprise a mobile personal services device that includes one or more of an audio sensor, a video sensor, an environmental sensor, a biometric sensor, a location sensor, an activity detector, and a health monitor. The feedback can be displayed on the mobile personal services device. The feedback also can be displayed in near real-time.
One or more classification algorithms are applied to at least one natural language document in order to extract both attributes and values of a given product. Supervised classification algorithms, semi-supervised classification algorithms, unsupervised classification algorithms or combinations of such classification algorithms may be employed for this purpose. The at least one natural language document may be obtained via a public communication network. Two or more attributes (or two or more values) thus identified may be merged to form one or more attribute phrases or value phrases. Once attributes and values have been extracted in this manner, association or linking operations may be performed to establish attribute -value pairs that are descriptive of the product. In a presently preferred embodiment, an (unsupervised) algorithm is used to generate seed attributes and values which can then support a supervised or semi-supervised classification algorithm.
Toll transaction payment processing includes accessing image data for a vehicle, the image data corresponding to at least one image of the vehicle engaging in a transaction with a toll facility. The image data is processed to determine one or more vehicle identifiers for the vehicle. A fleet vehicle company associated with the vehicle is electronically identified based on the one or more vehicle identifiers. Billing information for the transaction between the vehicle and the toll facility is electronically communicated to the fleet vehicle company.
G07B 15/06 - Dispositions pour la tarification routière modulable ou la taxation de congestion de véhicules ou d’utilisateurs de véhicules, p.ex. systèmes de péage automatiques
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PLATFORM FOR INTEROPERABLE HEALTHCARE DATA EXCHANGE
The interoperable healthcare data exchange platform seamlessly links a plurality of disparate, remote applications generally representing provider systems containing electronic health records (EHRs) to enable the real-time collection, processing and centralized storage of health records at a data store, along with enabling controlled access to the centralized storage. The central health records data store receives, in real time, substantially complete electronic medical data input from multiple, disparate providers and sources of health records. The platform enable semantic normalization of the health records by converting the data in the health records to standardized message formats using a data conversion engine and mapping the converted data to standard terminologies using mapping products.
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G06F 17/30 - Recherche documentaire; Structures de bases de données à cet effet
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INTEGRATED SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING SERVICES
The present invention provides a method of improving the delivery of services of a health care system by the application of a business change process to an existing health care system including the steps of: identifying components of patient experience as a patient is processed through the health care system; extracting existing data included in one or more data bases, pertaining to the health care system, identifying existing data that correlates with components of the patient experience and extracting that data and associating it with the relevant component, or interfaces therebetween, for subsequent analysis; obtaining a measure of the performance of the patient experience components by applying pre-defined checklists of queries to each identified component, and interfaces therebetween, and obtaining and rating responses to the queries, said patient responses collected from devices in electronic communication with a data gathering and recordal system and combining with any relevant existing data as it pertains to corresponding components; identifying services in the patient experience components, and the interfaces therebetween, that require improvement by comparing the electronically stored data pertaining to rated responses and any available correlating data obtained from the health care system with predefined indicators in relation to the provision of health care services; and generating an electronic report that identifies the patient experience components and interfaces therebetween and includes an indication of those components and/or interfaces requiring improvement.
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PEDIGREE INFORMATION
Methods and systems are provided for managing and transmitting pedigree information. The methods and systems allow a user to access a pedigree information portal to submit and transmit pedigree data to a recipient of the physical drug product. The method provides security and reliability in relaying the drug history and data. In addition, methods and systems are provided for associating the electronically transmitted pedigree information to the physical drug product. A user may thus retrieve and review pedigree information using, for example, one or more barcodes representing a sender identifier and recipient identifier.
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MULTIPLE TARGET DETECTION AND APPLICATION STATE NAVIGATION SYSTEM
Complex collaboration or decision support applications perform complex design or planning tasks, often with the input of large groups of people over long periods of time. The combination of time and complexity often obscures past actions, making it difficult to remember factors that influenced earlier stages of the planning task. This is especially true if the task involves many people working concurrently and at different times. When groups of people collaborate concurrently, detecting and tracking multiple simultaneous touches or movements by a user or user tool, on or near a surface (e.g., on a planar surface) is an essential capability. The multiple target detection and application state navigation system provides an application- independent mechanism that allows operators to operate an application in real-time, and walk back through the history of the application in order to better understand (or remember) the application actions that were taken in the past and the triggers for those actions.
A wireless handheld device is disclosed that includes a device housing, a wireless transmitter, such as a short range wireless transmitter, a local display and a housing motion detector that is operative to detect motion of the housing, for example, relative to a surface or other reference point, and outputs graphic user interface control information for transmission by the wireless transmitter to an external device. In one embodiment, a wireless pointing device is operably coupled with a wireless handheld device such as a cell phone, email device, personal digital assistant, digital audio playing device, digital video playing device, or any other suitable wireless handheld device that includes a short range wireless transmitter and/or transceiver to remotely control a graphic user interface such as cursor (e.g. arrow or line) movement, menu identification, menu selection, icon selection or other known GUI operation for an external device. The housing motion detector utilizes the battery power of the wireless handheld device as its sole source of power or as an auxiliary source of power.
An enterprise performance management system (4) that includes a processor and a visual display electrically connected to the processor, wherein the processor prepares an advice screen to be shown on the visual display. The advice screen displays a first benchmark that represents a predetermined level of practice corresponding to an area of inquiry and a second benchmark that represents a second redetermined level of practice corresponding to the area of inquiry. The advice screen further displays a current state value that is representative of an entity's current level of practice regarding the area of inquiry and a weighting factor representative of the importance of the area of inquiry, wherein the first benchmark, the second benchmark, the current state and the weighting factor are displayed simultaneously so that advice on how to prioritize and accomplish achievement of a desired level of practice is rendered by such simultaneous display.
Systems and methods for assisting a user with a variety of tasks are provided. A virtual assistant has access to a user's contacts, calendar, and location. The virtual assistant also is able to access information about weather, traffic, and mass transit, and is able to adjust the time of for alerting a user about an upcoming appointment. The virtual assistant also has a rules engine enabling a user to create rules for handling incoming calls and instant messages, rerouting calls based on their caller identification. The virtual assistant also has a query engine enabling a user to find a document and to work with it, including sending it to a contact in the user's address book. Interfaces to virtual assistant may include installed software client, web browser, SMS/instant message, as well as an interactive voice response system.
Methods and systems are provided for creating interactive graphical representations (e.g., interactive radial graphs) of operational data in order to enhance root cause analysis and other forms of operational analysis. Graphical nodes represent potential sources of operational variations. Graphical edges linking nodes represent relationships among the potential sources. Graphs may be useful in assessing inefficiencies in call center operations, manufacturing processes, and other processes.
A system for interfacing data between a first and a second software program, the system hosting the execution of the two software programs and each software program respectively executing computer instruction code, the system including: a computing device operable by a user and with which the user submits authentication data, the computing device indicating the grant of access to the user of the first and second software programs upon independent verification of the user's credentials by the first and second software programs where verification is required; a first selection means operable by the user to select data available to the first software program; a second selection means operable by the user to initiate a first browser and causing the first browser to post the selected data; a receiving means enabling the second software program to receive and process the posted selected data; and transmitting means enabling the second software program to return the processed data to a second browser in a form readily receivable by the second browser.
G06F 15/16 - Associations de plusieurs calculateurs numériques comportant chacun au moins une unité arithmétique, une unité programme et un registre, p.ex. pour le traitement simultané de plusieurs programmes
51.
SECURE INTERNET TRANSACTIONS ON UNSECURED COMPUTERS
The present invention is directed to a secure electronic registration and voting solution incorporating integrated end-to-end voting system architecture and processes providing secure identification and authentication, voter registration, ballot definition, ballot presentation to the voter, voting, and ballot tabulation via secure transmission over the network. The disclosed embodiments of the present invention describe an integrated solution to voting via a network, such as the Internet. A user logs into the system using through an application on a local computer that presents an electronic ballot to a user and accepts the user's voting selections. The voting selections are then associated with the user's login data and an identifier for the local computer . The local application than encrypts the voting data and forwards a server that authenticates the encrypted voting data using the user login and the computer identifier. The still-encrypted voting data is then stored.
Identifying a vehicle in a toll system includes accessing a set of toll transaction entries. Each entry in the set designates a toll transaction between a vehicle and the toll system and includes a transaction descriptor and a transaction time stamp. A series of toll transaction pictures is accessed. The series includes a plurality of pictures, each of which is associated with a picture time stamp. A toll transaction entry is identified from the set as a violation transaction entry based on the transaction descriptor. A toll transaction picture is selected from the series. The transaction time stamp of the violation transaction is compared, using a processing device, with the picture time stamp of the selected toll transaction picture. The selected toll transaction picture is identified as a violation picture corresponding to the violation transaction entry based on a result of the comparison.
G07B 15/06 - Dispositions pour la tarification routière modulable ou la taxation de congestion de véhicules ou d’utilisateurs de véhicules, p.ex. systèmes de péage automatiques
G08G 1/00 - Systèmes de commande du trafic pour véhicules routiers
Identifying a vehicle in a toll system includes accessing image data for a first vehicle and obtaining license plate data from the accessed image data for the first vehicle. A set of records is accessed. Each record includes license plate data for a vehicle. The license plate data for the first vehicle is compared with the license plate data for vehicles in the set of records. Based on the results of the comparison of the license plate data, a set of vehicles is identified from the vehicles having records in the set of records. Vehicle fingerprint data is accessed for the first vehicle. The vehicle fingerprint data for the first vehicle is based on the image data for the first vehicle. Vehicle fingerprint data for a vehicle in the set of vehicles is accessed. Using a processing device, the vehicle fingerprint data for the first vehicle is compared with the vehicle fingerprint data for the vehicle in the set of vehicles. The vehicle in the set of vehicles is identified as the first vehicle based on results of the comparison of vehicle fingerprint data.
G07B 15/06 - Dispositions pour la tarification routière modulable ou la taxation de congestion de véhicules ou d’utilisateurs de véhicules, p.ex. systèmes de péage automatiques
G08G 1/017 - Détection du mouvement du trafic pour le comptage ou la commande par identification des véhicules
Methods and apparatuses for profiling and modifying the training program of a company. Characteristics of the training program are aligned to a set of training supply chain components (301, 303, 305, 307, 309, 311) of a capability assessment model. The components are assessed and reported to show a comparison of the company with the leader in the associated business segment by categorizing the components (201, 203, 205, 207). An assessment report (500) is displayed that includes indicia (501-511) indicative of a comparison of the company's training program with the business segment leader for each component of the training program model. The indicia may further reflect a degree of difference between the training program of the company and the business segment leader. Training characteristics (401-447) associated with at least one component of a training program may be recommended from the assessment results to change the categorization of the at least one component.
G05B 19/418 - Commande totale d'usine, c.à d. commande centralisée de plusieurs machines, p.ex. commande numérique directe ou distribuée (DNC), systèmes d'ateliers flexibles (FMS), systèmes de fabrication intégrés (IMS), productique (CIM)
G06F 15/02 - TRAITEMENT ÉLECTRIQUE DE DONNÉES NUMÉRIQUES Équipement de traitement de données en général commandés manuellement avec entrée par clavier et à calcul commandé par programme incorporé, p.ex. calculettes
Methods and apparatuses for gauging the effectiveness of advertising and to provide insight in delivering advertising and services at a common location. Identifying information is collected for each registered participant at a common location. Consequently, customer characterization is retrieved for each participant, combined with the identifying information, and aggregated to provide insight about advertising at the common location. Embodiments of the invention obtain identifying information from ticket information, which is used to retrieve demographic data for the identified customer, and support advertising at an airport that is based on the movement and characteristics of air travelers. Combined data may be correlated with non-customer data that may include information about the common location. Advertising is delivered to dynamically adjust to the movement of customers through the common location in accordance with customer characteristics.
An event analysis system monitors information available from both publicly and privately distributed networks of information for events that are relevant to the user's particular business concerns. Those concerns are defined in a customized model of the user's organization and external business environment. The system receives the information, detects events in the information, interprets the events, and determines implications of these events. The detection and implication proceeds with regard to specific entities, relationships between entities, and definitions of the types of events which may occur in the environment in which the entities exist. Accordingly, the analysis system intelligently adapts its processing to recognize and report events which may be of interest for any particular entity.
A smart shelf system (404a - 404c) is disclosed. Objects are placed on a shelf that includes RFID tags (204). The objects prevent an RFID reader (308) from reading certain RFID tags. The number of objects placed on the shelf may be determined by determining how many RFID tags are unreadable.
A system for receiving and processing data includes a data processing and verification component that accepts data from a client in an electronic format and identifies therefrom data elements that can be directly verified. A risk assessment component receives data elements that have not been identified as directly verifiable and assesses a risk that the data elements are incomplete or incorrect. The risk assessment component generates risk assessment data. A decision support component receives the risk assessment data from the risk assessment component and selects appropriate actions for subsequent processing of the client data according to the assessment of risk contained in the risk assessment data.
Methods and systems for identifying and resolving payment integrity issues are provided. Analytic techniques that may include a query component, an artificial intelligence engine, and a text mining component are integrated into a payment integrity system (200). One or more of the analysis components (303 and 305) provide information from a source transaction system (201) to an audit module (215). The audit module (215) utilizes the outputs from the analysis components (303) to resolve whether or not a claim payment was overpaid or underpaid. The audit module (215) may subsequently instruct one of the analysis components (303 and 305) to further analyze information from the source transaction system (201) in accordance with previously provided information from another analysis component. The audit module (215) may also subsequently instruct the recovery and adjustments module (217) to act upon the result of the audit. The payment integrity system (200) may also receive an indication of a provider claim dispute and resolve the dispute. The payment integrity system (200) may receive a notification of an unsolicited reimbursement (e.g., refund or repayment) from a provider, adjust the associated claim, access data for corresponding claims having a similar characteristic, and audit the corresponding claims. The recovery and adjustments module (217) utilizes the outputs from the audit module (215) to complete the process of recovering overpayments or adjusting claims for underpayment.
G06F 17/00 - TRAITEMENT ÉLECTRIQUE DE DONNÉES NUMÉRIQUES Équipement ou méthodes de traitement de données ou de calcul numérique, spécialement adaptés à des fonctions spécifiques
Methods and systems for obtaining and analyzing data from embedded sensors (155-159) in electronic products for warranty management. A data collection unit (103) in an electronic product (101) collects and reports data about environmental factors that is relevant about a warranty agreement and transmits the data over a communications link (152) to a data interpretation unit (105). The data interpretation unit (105) may obtain warranty information from an electronic product (101) and query a database (165) to determine if the electronic product has been exposed to environmental factors outside the ranges that are specified in the warranty agreement. The data interpretation unit (105) may query a database to determine the product grade of the electronic product based on the data from sensors (155-159) and to determine an estimated product value. The data interpretation unit (105) may query a database (169) to determine an estimated warranty cost of an extended warranty based on the condition of the electronic product and historical warranty value.
A method for integrating a data item into a knowledge model is provided. The method may include retrieving the data item from a data source, determining if the data item has been previously integrated into the knowledge model, and integrating the data element into the knowledge model if the data item has not been previously integrated.
A system including a knowledge model is provided. The system includes an interface for presenting a relationship between two entities of a knowledge model. The interface includes a method that accepts a first input representative of a selection of a first interface item, the first interface item associated with an entity of the knowledge model. The method also includes presenting, in response to the acceptance, a second interface item, the second interface item associated with a second entity of the knowledge model, wherein the second entity has a relationship with the selected entity and the relationship has a relationship type selected from the group consisting of a direct relationship type or a derived relationship type. Finally, the method also includes presenting a relationship indicia representative of the relationship between the first entity and the second entity.
A system for managing a knowledge model defining a plurality of entities is provided. The system includes an extraction tool for extracting data items from disparate data sources that determines if the data item has been previously integrated into the knowledge model. The system also includes an integration tool for integrating the data item into the knowledge model that integrates the data item into the knowledge model only if the data item has not been previously integrated into the knowledge model. Additionally, a relationship tool for identifying, automatically, a plurality of relationships between the plurality of entities may also be provided. The system may also include a data visualization tool for presenting the plurality of entities and the plurality of relationships.
A system for distributed information processing and interaction includes a plurality of output devices arranged to produce a respective output portion of a system output, a plurality of application processors and a state server in data communication with the plurality of application processors. Each respective output portion is defined by context information. Each application processor is configured to process one or more respective application programs and is responsive to the context information. Each application processor is coupled with an associated respective output device for controlling the output device in producing the respective output portion. The state server provides the context information to the plurality of application processors. The architecture is extended to a more general system in which output devices produce a variety of outputs including device actuations, as well as video displays, and receive a variety of inputs.
A cargo security sensing system includes a smart container having a sensor, wherein the smart container is a standard shipping cargo container that includes the sensor. The sensor may be any suitable type of sensing device capable of sensing changes in environmental conditions. The sensing system includes a plurality of dumb containers in corresponding relation to the smart container, wherein, the dumb container may be any suitable shipment container, including the same type of cargo shipment container or other type, as the smart container, excluding the sensor. The system for cargo security provides for the smart container to detect an event occurring with respect to either the smart container itself and/or the nearby dumb containers. An event may be an occurrence detected by the sensor, such that the smart container may notify of any potential security breaches in any of the containers.
A system that includes a graphical user interface that may be used to access information contained in a database is provided. The graphical user interface includes a matrix of icons that correspond to elements in the database. Also hierarchical relationship are used for more compactly displaying multiple matrices associated with different subject categories. Moreover, by minimizing the size of the icons, a sufficient number of icons may be displayed in the matrix so as to establish an overall context of the elements in the database. Various techniques may be employed to highlight individual icons within the matrix while still preserving the overall context. In this manner, additional insight into the nature of the database may be gained. Further, the system can use translucence to allow detailed data to be superimposed on the matrix without impairing the viewing of the matrix’s contents.
The present invention provide a graphical application for guiding a user through an end-to-end process for addressing a problem. The graphical promts users to define the problem (120) in a logical, consistent way. Once the problem is defined, the application furthe directs the users through a systematic processing for solving the problem (130), including structuring ideas (140) for addressing the problem, investigating the problem, generating findings (160) on the ideas, and generating further additional ideas in response to the generated findings on the existing ideas. The structuring of the ideas is done through the creation of an issue tree (141), and the investigation of the problem is structured through a research plan (151). Once a solution developed, the invention is further guide users in thew presentation of the proposed solution, including the creation of a message plan (181), a process pyramid (183), and/or a story board (185) depicting the solution.
G06F 15/18 - dans lesquels un programme est modifié en fonction de l'expérience acquise par le calculateur lui-même au cours d'un cycle complet; Machines capables de s'instruire (systèmes de commande adaptatifs G05B 13/00;intelligence artificielle G06N)
G06E 1/00 - Dispositions pour traiter exclusivement des données numériques
73.
TRANSFORMATION OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES AND OPERATIONS THROUGH OUTSOURCING INTEGRATION OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
Disclosed are tools and related methods for business organizations to quickly obtain, preserve and exploit new or improved assets, skills or capabilities that are important to growth and success. The tools and processes disclosed are adapted to preserve one or more target elements of an acquired target business organization by outsourcing those target elements during the integration period that follows the merger or acquisition. This outsourcing of one or more target elements during the integration period that necessarily follows a merger or acquisition deal creates various inherent advantages over the traditional merger, acquisition, or outsourcing approaches as described herein, and these advantages help to deliver benefits of the target element in speedy fashion and with undiminished quality.
A railcar asset management system proactively issues an alert or task when a predetermined event occurs. The system may receive information regarding the location and status of a railcar from sensors on the railcar that may include a telematics sensing unit. A database in the railway telematics system stores the data regarding the railcar location and status information. The system determines whether an event has occurred and issues the proactive alerts and/or task. The system may communicate the proactive alert via e-mail, paging, PDAs or by cell phone and may provide interactive preconfigured web pages.
Methods and apparatus for active relationship management. A computer implemented method for relationship management includes receiving a list of one or more enterprises. The method includes identifying one or more individuals associated with at least one of the enterprises. The method includes receiving information related to a topic of interest. The method includes parsing the received topic information into units of data. The method includes searching the units of data for one or more quotes. The method includes determining whether a found quote is related to any of the identified individuals. The method includes associating, if the found quote is determined to be related to one or more of the identified individuals, the quote found with the one or more individuals. The method includes storing the quote in a database.
A mechanism eliminates the number of times a user must login to individual services after initially logging into a computer system. A user only logs once into a computer system, and subsequent login requests by multiple services are handled automatically and transparently by the system. In one implementation, a user need only present a card to a card reader and enter a PIN, and the user is logged-in after presenting the card and a valid PIN. The system generates a token that is valid for this particular login session of the user, and when the user accesses a permissioned service, the system automatically logs-in the user to the application using the token. The system can perform the automatic login the user to a variety of applications including legacy applications, web-enabled applications, and commercial, off-the-shelf applications.
G06Q 40/00 - Finance; Assurance; Stratégies fiscales; Traitement des impôts sur les sociétés ou sur le revenu
G06Q 50/00 - Systèmes ou procédés spécialement adaptés à un secteur particulier d’activité économique, p.ex. aux services d’utilité publique ou au tourisme
G06Q 50/00 - Systèmes ou procédés spécialement adaptés à un secteur particulier d’activité économique, p.ex. aux services d’utilité publique ou au tourisme
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