Patents Assigned to Accenture Global Services
  • Patent number: 9361364
    Abstract: While a user is viewing content on a computer display, the universal data relationship inference engine presents related information from disparate data sources. A normalized index is maintained that indexes content to a set of standard taxonomy terms. The inference engine parses content being viewed by the user. If the content includes tags for some of the standard taxonomy terms, then the system may provide the user with the ability to view the related content that is indexed by the normalized index. If there are not taxonomy tags then the system may attempt to recognize non-standard taxonomy terms in the content in order to provide the user with related content. The inference engine may also identify related content by identifying synonyms to the taxonomy terms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventor: Thomas W. Hoglund
  • Publication number: 20160156638
    Abstract: A secure beacon-based system includes beacons that may generate dynamic beacon identifiers. A mobile device application may send a request to an application server, including a dynamic beacon identifier. The application server can locally compute the dynamic beacon identifier and compare it to the received beacon identifier to validate the request and determine whether to respond to the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Avishek SOMANI, Sunil Raina
  • Publication number: 20160155070
    Abstract: Embodiments may include machine learning, including decision tree machine learning. Predictive variables may be selected for the machine learning through an iterative process. Predictive power of the predictive variables and collinearity between the predictive variables may be considered when selecting a set of the predictive variables for the machine learning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: James Hoover, Jeffrey Scott MILLER
  • Patent number: 9350816
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and computer-readable storage mediums for executing a user interface on a computing device, generating one or more event handlers executed on the computing device, each event handler corresponding to a local device service file, receiving first data at a first event handler of a first local device service associated with a first device that is in electronic communication with the computing device, generating, using the first event handler, a first event that includes the first data, receiving, at an external device service, the first event, generating, using the external device service, a first external device event based on the first event, and performing a first action based on the external device event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventor: Eric Allan Frome
  • Patent number: 9348568
    Abstract: A software application porting system facilitates the transition of code and data compatible with an old platform version to a new platform version. The software application porting system identifies differences between the platform versions by comparing sample source code objects or sample data schemas. Then, the software application porting system utilizes the identified differences to perform an automated transformation of software application objects and schemas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventor: Alex George Zachariah
  • Patent number: 9348586
    Abstract: Embodiments of the claimed subject matter are directed to methods and a system that allows the reduction of costs attributed to executing applications on a multi-platform system (such as a mainframe) by migrating certain processes operating on one platform to another platform in the system. In one embodiment, the reduction of cost is achieved by a method for migrating an application executing in a partition operating a proprietary operating system to a second partition operating an alternate operating system and leveraging special purpose processors unavailable to the proprietary operating system, which can be much less costly to purchase and/or rent and license.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventor: Mark Neft
  • Patent number: 9349365
    Abstract: An electronic control unit (ECU) of a hands-free module may be tested by an automated voice based testing tool in a first device. The tool reads test input data from an Excel input file. The tool generates simulated audible voice commands in a specified language, accent, pitch, volume or speed to test the hands-free module. The voice commands are transmitted via a speaker to a hands-free module microphone. The hands-free ECU is coupled to a CAN bus and the tool receives CAN bus information corresponding to hands-free module operations. The tool outputs test verdict information and/or CAN bus message logs as text in an Excel file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Vidya Rajagopal, Divya Kilari Chandrababu naidu, Marin Grace
  • Patent number: 9349077
    Abstract: The present description refers in particular to a computer-implemented method, a computer program product and a computer system for image processing, the method comprising: receiving at least one user image; identifying a plurality of image classification elements of the user image by: assigning an initial classification to the user image, wherein the initial classification is based on temporal data associated with the user image; determining at least one image label that globally describes content of the user image; calculating a label correctness value for each image label; recognizing at least one image component of the user image; calculating a component correctness value for each image component; correlating the image label and the image component using the label correctness value and the component correctness value, whereby a correlated image label and a correlated image component are identified; applying a rule to determine a category of the user image, wherein the rule is based on at least one of the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Giuseppe Capuozzo, Marco Borghini, Fabio Mammoliti
  • Patent number: 9348437
    Abstract: Methods and systems for collecting and validating data are provided. Data may be collected from users at a variety of locations with a mobile device. The mobile device may wirelessly transmit the collected data to a central location. The collected data may then be validated at the central location and any resulting error messages may be transmitted to the mobile device while the mobile device remains in close proximity to the user so that the data may be corrected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Francesco Zampini, Gabriele Mutarelli, Giovanni D'Angelo, Marco Donna, Andrea Franco
  • Patent number: 9342815
    Abstract: The invention concerns a system for transmitting an electronic recommendation to members of a social network, the system having a user activity monitor (304) adapted to determine when a set of friends of a member in the social network accesses an item of media content or activity associated with at least one category and finds it of interest; a register arranged to store interest scores indicating an interest to the member of one or more items of media content or activities previously recommended to the member; and a recommendation manager (306) adapted to transmit an electronic recommendation relating to the item of media content or activity to the member based on the interest scores stored by the register relating to items of media content or activities of the at least one category previously recommended to the member by one or more of the set of friends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventor: Marion Mesnage
  • Patent number: 9336116
    Abstract: Automatic correlation, in which an automatic correlation accelerator tool accesses at least a first and a second recording of a base script that defines operations executed in testing performance of a system. The tool causes the system to execute the first recording of the base script and the second recording of the base script and stores, in electronic storage, dynamic value data that describes dynamic values generated during execution of the first recording of the base script and during execution of the second recording of the base script. The tool automatically, without human intervention, analyzes the stored dynamic value data to identify candidates for correlation within the base script and generates a correlated script based on the identified candidates for correlation and the base script.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Jothi Gouthaman, Nantha Kumar, Vinod Kumar Palla, Jeyaraj Harimurali, Radhika Golden
  • Patent number: 9330142
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a method of identifying a biometric record of an individual in a database (108), the database comprising at least first and second sets of records, each set comprising at least one record, the method comprising: receiving by a processing device (102) at least first and second input biometric samples of said individual; performing on the records of said first set a first matching process comprising a first filtering operation followed by a second filtering operation, and performing on the records of said second set a second matching process comprising said second filtering operation followed by said first filtering operation, wherein said first filtering operation comprises comparing said first input biometric sample to a first reference biometric sample of each record, and said second filtering operation comprises comparing said second input biometric sample to a second reference biometric sample of each record; and identifying a biometric record of said individual based on res
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Alastair Ross Partington, Per Anders Matteus Astrom, Cyrille Bataller
  • Patent number: 9330286
    Abstract: A test robot may receive a test scenario for testing a fare management system. The test robot may program a fare card to store card information based on the test scenario. The test robot may provide an instruction to an actuator component to cause the actuator component to move the fare card within communicative proximity of a card reader device. The fare card, when moved within communicative proximity of the card reader device, may cause the card reader device to read the stored card information from the fare card and to provide updated card information, based on the stored card information, for storage by the fare card. The test robot may read the updated card information from the fare card. The test robot may provide test result information, based on the updated card information, to a test management device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Avishek Somani, Sunil Raina, Praveen Dhar
  • Patent number: 9329650
    Abstract: A method and system for reducing demand on a power grid through demand side management includes receiving assigned priorities from a customer for smart appliances and for appliances plugged into sockets of one or more smart plugs of the customer, the assigned priorities indicative of a customer-preferred sequence for disconnection of, or adjustment of power to, the appliances from the power grid. The system determines whether to disconnect or adjust power to at least one of the appliances of the customer; and selects at least one of the appliances according to the assigned priorities to reduce demand on the power grid. The system sends one or more commands, the one or more commands indicative to the one or more smart plugs to disconnect or adjust power to the selected at least one of the appliances based on selecting at least one of the appliances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Sanjoy Paul, Anitha Chandran, Gary Titus
  • Publication number: 20160117623
    Abstract: A system for database management and presentation processing of a graphical user interface includes a network interface interfacing with multiple data sources comprising internal systems and external systems, one or more processors, and an application service integration and communication layer to receive data including a live data feed. A data storage device stores schemas of data structures, and the data structures may include tables based on types and fields. The application service integration and communication layer normalizes and formats the live data feed according to the predetermined schemas, and stores the normalized and formatted procurement data in the database. A graphical user interface of true conditions assigned to procurement data in the live data feed is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: James Hoover, Jeffrey Scott MILLER
  • Publication number: 20160117303
    Abstract: An electronic document system, for example, includes a network portal that connects to end user devices via a network and generates graphical user interfaces on the end user devices. A database server stores data extracted by data capture entities (DCEs) associated with submitted electronic documents and approval routes for each DCE. An approval route includes steps identifying users and approval actions to be performed by the users. An application server determines an approval route from the stored approval routes for each submitted electronic document, and generates notifications for the users on the approval routes to execute the approval actions, and generates a visual representation of the approval routes in status pages via the network portal. Visual representations in the status pages are updated in real-time to indicate status information for the submitted electronic documents as the submitted electronic documents traverse respective approval routes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Phillip TOPNESS, Breck RUPPELIUS, Huage John ZHENG
  • Patent number: 9323505
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for handling database deadlocks induced by database-centric applications (DCAs). SQL statements and transactions associated with the DCAs are analyzed and parsed to generate Petri net models. A supervisory modeler generates augmented Petri net models based on the Petri net models, which are used in generating supervisory control. The supervisory control is used in handling database deadlocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Mark Grechanik, Qing Xie, Chen Fu
  • Patent number: 9305316
    Abstract: A behavior sets system facilitates the dynamic generation of field and rule behavior sets for an insurance policy and claims processing computer system. The behavior sets system includes various modules and graphical user interfaces that provide a streamlined mechanism for creating new behavior sets of field and rule behaviors for the insurance processing architecture. The behavior sets system may include various levels of usability that distinguish between an advanced user of the behavior sets system and basic user that uses the generated field and rule behavior sets. The behavior sets system may also include graphical user interfaces directed to adding, editing, removing, or maintaining the behavior of fields and rules for the insurance policy and claims processing computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: George Victor Guyan, Carrie Catherine Lonze
  • Patent number: 9298525
    Abstract: According to an example, an adaptive fault diagnosis system may include a memory storing machine readable instructions to receive metrics and events from an enterprise system, and use a substitution graph to determine if a received metric or a received event belongs to a cluster that includes one or more correlated metrics and/or events grouped based on similarity. If the received metric or the received event belongs to the cluster, the memory may further store machine readable instructions to use a detection graph to determine if the received metric or the received event is identifiable to form a fault pattern by traversing a fault path of the detection graph. Further, the memory may further store machine readable instructions to diagnose a fault based on the traversal of the fault path of the detection graph. The system may include a processor to implement the machine readable instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Qian Zhu, Teresa Tung, Qing Xie
  • Patent number: 9298503
    Abstract: Embodiments of the claimed subject matter are directed to methods and a system that allows the optimization of processes operating on a multi-platform system (such as a mainframe) by migrating certain processes operating on one platform to another platform in the system. In one embodiment, optimization is performed by evaluating the processes executing in a partition operating under a proprietary operating system, determining a collection of processes from the processes to be migrated, calculating a cost of migration for migrating the collection of processes, prioritizing the collection of processes in an order of migration and incrementally migrating the processes according to the order of migration to another partition in the mainframe executing a lower cost (e.g., open-source) operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventor: Mark Neft